“As he [Sir Malcolm Sargeant, conductor of the London Philharmonic] stood in waist deep in the shallows of Whaler's Cove, the littler spinners came drifting over, sleek and dainty, gazing at him curiously with their soft dark eyes. Malcolm was… — Karen Pryor Copy Share Image
“I couldn't help wondering where porpoises had learned this game of running on the bows of ships. Porpoises have been swimming in the oceans for seven to ten million years, but they've had human ships to play with for only… — Karen Pryor Copy Share Image
“In due course I would learn how to cover up for this event, but on that awful day I knew of nothing to say… — Karen Pryor Copy Share
“As he [Sir Malcolm Sargeant, conductor of the London Philharmonic] stood in waist deep in the shallows of Whaler's Cove, the littler spinners came… — Karen Pryor Copy Share
“One reason punishment doesn't usually work is that it does not coincide with the undesirable behavior; it occurs afterward, and sometimes, as in courts… — Karen Pryor Copy Share
“Nancy taught two hens to help her sort flowers to make leis. She set them down by a basket of three colors of plastic… — Karen Pryor Copy Share
“I couldn't help wondering where porpoises had learned this game of running on the bows of ships. Porpoises have been swimming in the oceans… — Karen Pryor Copy Share
“Training is a loop, a two-way communication in which an event at one end of the loop changes events at the other, exactly like… — Karen Pryor Copy Share
“I griped about it at lunch one day to Bill Weist and Dr. Leslie Squier, our visiting psychologists from Reed College. I'd been trying… — Karen Pryor Copy Share
“My idea of recreation in those busy years, was to leave the porpoise training for an hour or two, round up a bunch of… — Karen Pryor Copy Share
“The porpoises and whale themselves, in their quests for entertainment, often created problems. One summer a fashion developed in the training tanks (I think… — Karen Pryor Copy Share
“...that aversives stop behavior, they don’t start it; and that fear and pain produce completely unpredictable and usually highly undesirable side effects, including being… — Karen Pryor Copy Share
![“As he [Sir Malcolm Sargeant, conductor of the London Philharmonic] stood in waist deep in the shallows of Whaler's Cove, the littler spinners came drifting over, sleek and dainty, gazing at him curiously with their soft dark eyes. Malcolm was a tactful, graceful man in his movements, and so the…” quote by Karen Pryor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eca/karen-pryor-39019_dark-eyes_as-he-sir-malcolm-sargeant-conductor-of_162419.jpg)
