“The speaker does not feel the grammatical rules he is said to apply in composing sentences, and men spoke grammatically for thousands of years before anyone knew there were rules.” MenFeelsYearsDoeSaidSentencesSpokesSpeakersGrammarComposing Author:B. F. Skinner
“A permissive government is a government that leaves control to other sources.” GovernmentSource Author:B. F. Skinner
“To require a citizen to sign a loyalty oath is to destroy some of the loyalty he could otherwise claim, since any subsequent loyal behavior may then be attributed to the oath.” MayCitizensBehaviorClaimsLoyaltyLoyalOath Author:B. F. Skinner
“Twenty-five hundred years ago it might have been said that man understood himself as well as any other part of the world. Today he is the thing he understands least.” MenWorldYearsWellsHas BeensSaidMightTodayFiveMankindUnderstoodHundredYears AgoTwentiesMight Have BeenWorld TodayTwenty Five Author:B. F. Skinner
“The juvenile delinquent does not feel his disturbed personality. The intelligent man does not feel his intelligence or the introvert his introversion.” MenFeelsDoePersonalityIntelligentIntrovertDisturbedJuvenileIntroversionIntelligent ManDelinquents Author:B. F. Skinner
“Except when physically restrained, a person is least free or dignified when he is under threat of punishment, and unfortunately most people often are.” PeoplePersonsThreatPunishment Author:B. F. Skinner
“Many social practices essential to the welfare of the species involve the control of one person by another, and no one can suppress them who has any concern for human achievements” HumansPersonsSocialPracticeSocietyEssentialsAchievementConcernSpeciesWelfare Author:B. F. Skinner
“A child who has been severely punished for sex play is not necessarily less inclined to continue; and a man who has been imprisoned for violent assault is not necessarily less inclined toward violence.” MenChildrenHas BeensPlaySexViolenceViolentAssault Author:B. F. Skinner
