“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.” TryingMayRealLanguageCan DoEffortMistakeEducationFailureCircumstancesGiving UpErrorsPerseveranceDefeatPersistenceBeing The BestMaking MistakesPersistNot Giving UpNever Giving UpGiven UpFear Of FailureAlways TryingKeep TryingStop TryingDetermination MotivationalFailure In LifeDo Not Give UpBehaviorismI Will Not Give UpPersonal Failure Author:B. F. Skinner
“A fourth-grade reader may be a sixth-grade mathematician. The grade is an administrative device which does violence to the nature of the developmental process.” MayDoeLanguageProcessEducationViolenceReaderGradesDevicesFourthMathematicianAdministrativeDevelopmentalSixth GradeFourth GradeBehaviorism Book:WALDEN TWO Source: WALDEN TWO
“A scientist may not be sure of the answer, but he's often sure he can find one. And that's a condition which is clearly not enjoyed by philosophy.” MayPhilosophyAnswersConditionsScientistEnjoyed Book:WALDEN TWO Source: WALDEN TWO
“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.” MenWorldWantBelieveMayWarStatesGivenPrinciplesAchieveConditionsPromiseVoteAffairPlenty Book:WALDEN TWO Source: WALDEN TWO
“Something doing every minute' may be a gesture of despair-or the height of a battle against boredom.” MayMinutesBattleDespairBoredHeightBoredomGestures Book:WALDEN TWO Source: WALDEN TWO
“I may say that the only differences I expect to see revealed between the behavior of the rat and man (aside from enormous differences of complexity) lie in the field of verbal behavior.” MenMayLyingDifferencesFieldsBehaviorEnormousComplexityRats Book:The Behavior of Organisms: An Experimental Analysis Source: The Behavior of Organisms: An Experimental Analysis
“An important fact about verbal behavior is that speaker and listener may reside within the same skin.” MayImportantFactsLanguageEducationBehaviorSkinsSpeakersListenersBehaviorism Book:Verbal Behavior Source: Verbal Behavior
“The severest trial of oppression is the constant outrage which one suffers at the thought of the oppressor. What Jesus discovered was how to avoid the inner devastations. His technique was to practice the opposite emotion... a man may not get his freedom or possessions back, but he's less miserable. It's a difficult lesson.” MenMaySufferingJesusDifficultEmotionPracticeLessonsOppositesConstantPossessionTechniqueTrialsOppressionMiserableOutrageOppressorsDevastation 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
