I won't say that I'm an agnostic, since agnosticism maintains that one cannot know... but I'm not averse to the idea of some intelligence or some organizing force that set up the initial conditions of the universe in such a way that ultimately generated stars, planets and life. -B. F. Skinner Intelligence
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 Best
If you insist that individual rights are the summum bonum, then the whole structure of society falls down. -B. F. Skinner Society
The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount. -B. F. Skinner Positive
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
Must we wait for selection to solve the problems of overpopulation, exhaustion of resources, pollution of the environment and a nuclear holocaust, or can we take explicit steps to make our future more secure? In the latter case, must we not transcend selection? -B. F. Skinner Future
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 Best
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
I don't know whether I want to improve religion or not. I prefer to get rid of it. -B. F. Skinner Religion
I won't say that I'm an agnostic, since agnosticism maintains that one cannot know... but I'm not averse to the idea of some intelligence or some organizing force that set up the initial conditions of the universe in such a way that ultimately generated stars, planets and life. -B. F. Skinner Space
