“Whatever happens in the world is real, what one thinks should have happened is projection. We suffer more from our fictitious illusion and expectations of reality.” ThinkingWorldShouldRealRealityHappensSufferingHappenedIllusionExpectationsShould HaveProjectionWhatever Happens Author:Jacque Fresco
“I don't get upset if people think I'm crazy. If you go to a mental hospital and someone calls you a name, would you get upset? Of course not. Well, that's the way I think about the world. They don't know any better.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWorldWayWellsCoursesNamesCrazyUpsetHospitals Author:Jacque Fresco
“So, "normal" is really what society dictates as normal and if we're born in that world, we would see that as normal. But if you think about it for a second, is it really?” IfsThinkingWorldRealBornSeeingSocietyNormalNormalityFuturistDictating Author:Jacque Fresco
“We are not taught to be thinkers, but reflectors of our culture. Let's teach our children to be thinkers.” ThinkingInspirationalChildrenCultureTeachTaughtReflectionOur ChildrenThinkerRaising ChildrenTeaching ChildrenFuturist Author:Jacque Fresco
“If you think we can’t change the world, It just means you're not one of those that will” IfsThinkingWorldMeanChanging The WorldCan't Change Author:Jacque Fresco
“If you took the profit out of war, there would be no war. What the hell do you think war is? You think we go to another country to bring democracy? We go there 'cause there's oil, resources or something we need.” IfsThinkingNeedsWarCountryWould BeCausesHellDemocracyResourcesProfitOilNo War Author:Jacque Fresco
“The Venus Project is not about new cities or new architecture. It's about a way of thinking” ThinkingWayCitiesProjectsArchitectureWay Of ThinkingVenus Author:Jacque Fresco
“If you make people uniform, you can control them. If you teach people to read, and think, and question things, you lose control. So, the best idea is to separate people if you wish to maintain a monetary system. It's called divide and conquer. By dividing people, they're not a threat, you can control them.” PeopleIfsThinkingIdeasReadingWishLosesTeachThreatSeparationConquerDividesQuestioningUniformsRulingGoverningMonetaryDividingUniformityMonetary SystemFuturistDivide And Conquer Author:Jacque Fresco
“When they say all men are created equal, that bothers me. I told you some are thin, some are heavy, some have better eyesight than others. I don't know what that means. I think they're trying to talk about equal opportunity and I know that doesn't exist. If you don't have the money to go to college, the word 'equal opportunities' mean nothing” IfsThinkingKnowsMenTryingMeanOpportunityCollegeEqualHeavyBotherEqual OpportunityEyesight Author:Jacque Fresco
“The majority of the people of the world today are unsane, not insane, unsane meaning having been exposed to methods of evaluation that have long rendered obsolete, our language in the future will change to a saner language where we have no argument in it, 'can there be such a language?' there is, when engineers talk to each other, it's not subject to interpretation, they use math, they use descriptive systems, if I interpreted what another engineer said in the way I think he meant it: you couldn't build bridges, dams, power transmission lines. The language has to have meaning” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWayLongSaidUseTodayLanguageLinesSubjectsArgumentMethodMajorityMathInsaneBridgesInterpretationExposedEngineersWorld TodayObsoleteEvaluationTransmissionDams Author:Jacque Fresco
“I don't believe in Gods and devils. I think it's man-made stories to try and help people understand where all this came from. They said 'Where did the world come from if there's no God', 'Where did life come from'. Just say 'I don't know'. Don't say some guy made a man and a woman. You have no business doing that, you know what I mean? And then He got mad and flooded the whole world; told Noah to build an arc. These are terrible stories.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsMenWorldTryingBelieveMeanMadeSaidWholeHelpingStoriesGuyBusinessTerribleDevilMadDon't BelieveWhole WorldBelieve In GodThey SaidArcs Author:Jacque Fresco
“It’s your own expectations that hurt you. Not the world you live in. Whatever happens in the world is real. What you think should happen is unreal. So people are hurt by their expectations. You know , you’re not disappointed by the world, you are disappointed by your own projections.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldLifeShouldRealRealityHappensHurtExpectationsDisappointmentDisappointedProjectionUnrealWhatever HappensHurtfulFuturistUnrealistic ExpectationsExceeding Expectations Author:Jacque Fresco
“Anthropology studies different cultures; mainly primitive, but it doesn't think its own culture is primitive, unfortunately. There is no field that you can study today that isn't trapped in the culture in some way. It's hard to escape your culture.” ThinkingWayDifferentHardTodayCultureStudyFieldsTrappedPrimitiveAnthropologyDifferent Cultures Author:Jacque Fresco
“Most people don't put things together. Geologists study the surface of the earth and geological phenomena. Meteorogists study the weather. That isn't science. Science is the study of all things that affect human beings. They have to be together! A meteorologist has difficulty talking with a sociologist, because they don't understand each other. You can't teach sciences in 'bits'; you have to bring it all together. Science is a way of thinking - a way at arriving at conclusions without your own opinion in it.” PeopleThinkingWayHumansEarthTogetherBitsHuman BeingsTalkingOpinionTeachStudyAll ThingsDifficultySurfaceWeatherConclusionWay Of ThinkingArrivingSociologistsGeologistMeteorologists Author:Jacque Fresco
“You cannot approach people who think differently with reason and logic if they don't know what that means. First, you have to appeal to their values to start with. If you attack them, you lose them.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsFirstsMeanReasonValuesLosesApproachLogicAppealsReason And Logic Author:Jacque Fresco
