Author: B. F. Skinner

Quotes

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

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

- B. F. Skinner

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.

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

If you insist that individual rights are the summum bonum, then the whole structure of society falls down.

If you insist that individual rights are the summum bonum, then the whole structure of society falls down.

- B. F. Skinner

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

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

- B. F. Skinner

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.

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

A person who has been punished is not less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.

A person who has been punished is not less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.

- B. F. Skinner

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

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

- B. F. Skinner

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

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

- B. F. Skinner

Properly used, positive reinforcement is extremely powerful.

Properly used, positive reinforcement is extremely powerful.

- B. F. Skinner

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