A person who has been punished is not thereby simply less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.
The mob rushes in where individuals fear to tread.
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.
I don't know whether I want to improve religion or not. I prefer to get rid of it.
I would be opposed to any kind of totalitarian control.
You can get along very well in this world by simply coming up with a quantity of reasonably valid statements.
Great scientific contributions have been techniques.
What is sought can never produce the seeking.
Give me a child and I'll shape him into anything.
The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.
The consequences of an act affect the probability of its occurring again.
If you're old, don't try to change yourself, change your environment.
Reinforcement is being right.
I am opposed to the military use of animals. I am also opposed to the military use of men.
The feeling of being interested can act as a kind of neurological signal, directing us to fruitful areas of inquiry.
No theory changes what it is a theory about; man remains what he has always been.
Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless.
The environment shapes people's actions.
Reinforcement is being right.
If you're old, don't try to change yourself, change your environment.
When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
The environment will continue to deteriorate until pollution practices are abandoned.
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.
Properly used, positive reinforcement is extremely powerful.
I am opposed to the military use of animals. I am also opposed to the military use of men.
We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.
The consequences of an act affect the probability of its occurring again.
The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.
Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.