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B. F. Skinner quotes about may

American Psychologist March 20, 1904 – August 18, 1990

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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
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
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. B. F. Skinner
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. B. F. Skinner
B. F. Skinner quote: "The final state of affairs may not have been foreseen. Perhaps..."
The final state of affairs may not have been foreseen. Perhaps we are merely reading a plan into the world after the fact. B. F. Skinner
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. B. F. Skinner
B. F. Skinner quote: "Something doing every minute' may be a gesture of despair--or..."
Something doing every minute' may be a gesture of despair--or the height of a battle against boredom. B. F. Skinner

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