Comments on: Quotes

By: GM

GM — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 19:55:49 +0000

Hi Mel and others, here are a couple of quotes from Buckminster Fuller, who helped the world by being different from the norm:

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”
― Buckminster Fuller

“There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly.”
― Buckminster Fuller

By: Laust Cawz

Laust Cawz — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 19:55:09 +0000

“Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition… advances that permit this norm to be exceeded, here & there, now & then, are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned & almost always opposed by all ‘right-thinking’ people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or, as sometimes happens, is driven out of society, the people slip back into abject poverty. This is known as ‘bad luck’.”

–Lazarus Long, fictional character created by Robert Heinlein

“We are not your kind of people, speak a different language–we see through your lies.”

–“Not Your Kind Of People”, title track from 2012 album by music group Garbage

“The only causes worth fighting for are lost causes.”

–attributed to Clarence Darrow

By: amber

amber — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 21:23:35 +0000

wen my hamster died it had a smile on its face and i was so so so scared and my brothers hamster died he sead his hamster smile to and it scared him to

By: Hilary Ann

Hilary Ann — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 23:17:12 +0000

This has always spoken to me, so thought I’d share it with you, since you have shared so much with me today – Thank you.

This is what I believe:
That I am I.
That my soul is a dark forest.
That my known self will never be more than a little clearing in the forest.
That gods, strange gods, come forth from the forest into the clearing of my known self, and then go back.
That I must have the courage to let them come and go.
That I will never let mankind put anything over me, but that I will try always to recognize and submit to the gods in me and the gods in other men and women.
There is my creed.

— D. H. Lawrence

By: Andrea S.

Andrea S. — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:09:34 +0000

To Michael Katz: could it be this quote? Cited in many places around the web, various inspirational posters, etc., popular quote in the social work field and certain other idealistic professions etc:

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has.” by Margaret Mead

By: Jose Garcia

Jose Garcia — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:48:14 +0000

Another Russian favorite:

“Better” is the enemy of “good enough.”

Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union, Sergey Georgiyevich Gorshkov

By: Michael Katz

Michael Katz — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:48:19 +0000

I’m trying to search for the quote in google and not finding it. I’m paraphrasing.

It has not been a group of people that changed the world. It has one committed indivdual.

By: maureen

maureen — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:22:25 +0000

Thank you Amanda from a mom you confirm much add hope and minimize fantasy-mahalo

By: Lee

Lee — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:57:41 +0000

I don’t recall this quote exactly, but found this on the web and thought you might like it.
“People don’t like to think. Thinking leads to conclusions. Conclusions aren’t always pleasant.”
–Attributed to Helen Keller.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 28 May 2008 01:14:20 +0000

I collect things people say too. I like compact and resonant meanings in concise statements.
One I like from Russia is “Do not be breaking your shin on a stool that is not in your way”.
I use these things as navigation in the world, as reminders of principles that help.
Another observation is that most people talk more than they think as if they are afraid that they will disappear in quietness.