I think it’s absolutely touch-and-go whether we’re going to make…

I think it’s absolutely touch-and-go whether we’re going to make it. But the point is, for me to tell you that you have an option is not to be optimistic… Time and again, of course I am running into millions who don’t know we have the option, because it’s invisible, and I feel I have tremendous responsibility. So when people ask me to come and talk to them, I do my best to let them know they do have the option. Of course they’re pessimistic, not knowing that.

Sourced, Only Integrity is Going to Count (1983)

Other Buckminster Fuller Quotes

When I am working on a problem I never think about beauty. I only think about how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong. - View Quote Details on When I am working on a problem I never think…
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I was convinced in 1927 that humanity’s most fundamental survival problems could never be solved by politics. - View Quote Details on I was convinced in 1927 that humanity’s most fundamental survival…
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A pattern has an integrity independent of the medium by virtue of which you have received the information that it exists. Each of the chemical elements is a pattern integrity. Each individual is a pattern integrity. The pattern integrity of the human individual is evolutionary and not static. - View Quote Details on A pattern has an integrity independent of the medium by…
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“Those whom God hath joined together let no one put asunder.” To Anne Hewlett Fuller on this, our 63rd Wedding Anniversary and my 85 Birthday—July 12, 1980 - View Quote Details on “Those whom God hath joined together let no one put…
Humans have always unknowingly affected all Universe by every act and thought they articulate or even consider…. Realistic, comprehensively responsible, omni-system-considerate, unselfish thinking on the part of humans does absolutely affect human destiny. - View Quote Details on Humans have always unknowingly affected all Universe by every act…