Buckminsters Philadelphia Quotes & Sayings

As a boy I had liked both drawing and physics, and I always abhorred the role of being a spectator. In 1908, when I was 15, I designed, built and flew a toy model airplane which won the then-famous James Gordon Bennett Cup. By 16 I had discovered that design could be fun and profitable, and this lesson has never been lost on me. — Raymond Loewy

We must not only aim to make a living but to live life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

It's not very smart to keep trying to do something you can't do and never will be able to do. — Steve Brown

We check our cellphones 100 Times per day.
(Credit to Thoughty2) — Deyth Banger

Absence makes the heart suicidal. — Penny Reid

I felt sometimes too responsible as an actor because people promote violence or weird things that I don't want to be part of. — Sophie Marceau

A man wants his virility regarded. A woman wants her femininity appreciated, however indirect and subtle the indications of regard and appreciation. [Here] one is respected and judged only as a human being. It is an appalling experience. — Ursula K. Le Guin

We love Jesus as a baby on Christmas, and Jesus risen from the grave on Easter, but somehow we miss Jesus the man, the teacher, the sage, the rebel, the subversive King, the local hero, the neighborhood friend. — Hugh Halter

I have often remarked that it is hardest of all to live with people who are untruthful and insincere. I can endure anything except that. — Leo Tolstoy

From 1789, perhaps even before that, it had been the willingness of politicians to exploit either the threat or the fact of violence that had given them the power to challenge constituted authority. Bloodshed was not the unfortunate by product of revolution, it was the source of energy. — Simon Schama