B. F. Skinner Quotes

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.
B. F. Skinner

Failure, Best, Real

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 life is.
B. F. Skinner

Life, Design, Made

Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.
B. F. Skinner

Education, Learned, Forgotten

We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.
B. F. Skinner

Love, Great, Reading

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

Again, Act, Affect

Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless.
B. F. Skinner

Society, Individual, Early

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

Him, Give, Child

If you're old, don't try to change yourself, change your environment.
B. F. Skinner

Age, Change, Yourself

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

Technology, Men, Real

The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount.
B. F. Skinner

Positive, Important, Amount

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Psychologist

Born: March 20, 1904

Died: August 18, 1990

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