All B.F. Skinner Quotes
- Any single historical event is too complex to be adequately known by anyone. It transcends all the intellectual capacities of men. Our practice is to… Adequately
- To say that... behaviors have different 'meanings' is only another way of saying that they are controlled by different variables. Another Way
- Let men be happy, informed, skillful, well behaved, and productive. Behaved
- We have not yet seen what man can make of man. Funny
- Chaos breeds geniuses. It offers a man something to be a genius about. Breeds
- A self is a repertoire of behavior appropriate to a given set of contingencies. Appropriate
- Better contraceptives will control population only if people will use them. A nuclear holocaust can be prevented only if the conditions under which nations make… Abandoned
- If the world is to save any part of its resources for the future, it must reduce not only consumption but the number of consumers. Any
- An important fact about verbal behavior is that speaker and listener may reside within the same skin. Behavior
- Science, not religion, has taught me my most useful values, among them intellectual honesty. It is better to go without answers than to accept those… Accept
- The human species took a crucial step forward when its vocal musculature came under operant control in the production of speech sounds. Indeed, it is… Achievement
- The simplest and most satisfactory view is that thought is simply behavior - verbal or nonverbal, covert or overt. It is not some mysterious process… All
- The problem of far greater importance remains to be solved. Rather than build a world in which we shall all live well, we must stop… All
- Old age is rather like another country. You will enjoy it more if you have prepared yourself before you go. Age
- A first principle not formally recognized by scientific methodologists: when you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it. Drop
- Society already possesses the psychological techniques needed to obtain universal observance of a code - a code which would guarantee the success of a community… Already Possesses
- The severest trial of oppression is the constant outrage which one suffers at the thought of the oppressor. What Jesus discovered was how to avoid… Avoid
- Teachers must learn how to teach ... they need only to be taught more effective ways of teaching. Effective
- It has always been the task of formal education to set up behavior which would prove useful or enjoyable later in a student's life. Been
- Behavior is shaped and maintained by its consequences Behavior