Quotes by Skinner, B(urrhus) F(rederic)

Physics does not change the nature of the world it studies, and no science of behavior can change the essential nature of man, even though both sciences yield technologies with a vast power to manipulate the subject matters.

More quotes about Behavior

The consequences of an act affect the probability of it's occurring again.

More quotes about Consequences

Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.

More quotes about Education

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 trying.

More quotes about Failure

Give me a child and I'll shape him into anything.

More quotes about Influence

Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless.

More quotes about Society

The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.

More quotes about Thoughts and Thinking