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  • Somehow people get the idea I think we should be given gumdrops whenever we do anything of value.

  • 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.

    "Beyond Freedom and Dignity". Book by B. F. Skinner, 1972.
  • A self is a repertoire of behavior appropriate to a given set of contingencies.

  • In the world at large we seldom vote for a principle or a given state of affairs. We vote for a man who pretends to believe in that principle or promises to achieve that state. We don't want a man, we want a condition of peace and plenty-- or, it may be, war and want-- but we must vote for a man.

    B. F. Skinner (1974). “Walden Two”, p.221, Hackett Publishing
  • I will be dead in a few months. But it hasn't given me the slightest anxiety or worry. I always knew I was going to die.

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B. F. Skinner

  • Born: March 20, 1904
  • Died: August 18, 1990
  • Occupation: Psychologist