All B.F. Skinner Quotes
- To require a citizen to sign a loyalty oath is to destroy some of the loyalty he could otherwise claim, since any subsequent loyal behavior… Any
- Twenty-five hundred years ago it might have been said that man understood himself as well as any other part of the world. Today he is… Ago
- The juvenile delinquent does not feel his disturbed personality. The intelligent man does not feel his intelligence or the introvert his introversion. Delinquent
- Except when physically restrained, a person is least free or dignified when he is under threat of punishment, and unfortunately most people often are. Dignified
- Many social practices essential to the welfare of the species involve the control of one person by another, and no one can suppress them who… Achievement
- A child who has been severely punished for sex play is not necessarily less inclined to continue; and a man who has been imprisoned for… Assault
- The alphabet was a great invention, which enabled men to store and to learn with little effort what others had learned the hard way-that is,… Alphabet
- A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop… Behaviorism
- I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what… Always Came
- The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount. Amount
- Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten. Academic
- We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. Behaviorism
- The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do. Favourite
- If you're old, don't try to change yourself, change your environment. Age
- Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless. Attacks
- The consequences of an act affect the probability of its occurring again. Act
- Give me a child and I'll shape him into anything. Behaviorism
- We do not choose survival as a value, it chooses us. Choose
- If freedom is a requisite for human happiness, then all that’s necessary is to provide the illusion of freedom. All
- Going out of style isn't a natural process, but a manipulated change which destroys the beauty of last year's dress in order to make it… Beauty
- The mob rushes in where individuals fear to tread. Fear
- A piece of music is an experience to be taken by itself. Experience
- At this very moment enormous numbers of intelligent men and women of goodwill are trying to build a better world. But problems are born faster… Better
- Each of us has interests which conflict the interests of everybody else... 'everybody else' we call 'society'. It's a powerful opponent and it always wins.… Advantage
- Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless. It enslaves him almost before he has tasted freedom. The 'ologies' will tell you how its done… Attacks