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B. F. Skinner quotes

American Psychologist March 20, 1904 – August 18, 1990

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B. F. Skinner quote: "The mob rushes in where individuals fear to tread."
The mob rushes in where individuals fear to tread. B. F. Skinner
B. F. Skinner quote: "We do not choose survival as a value, it chooses us."
We do not choose survival as a value, it chooses us. B. F. Skinner
The only geniuses produced by the chaos of society are those who do something about it. Chaos breeds geniuses. It offers a man something to be a genius about. 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
B. F. Skinner quote: "Nowadays, everybody fancies himself an expert in government..."
Nowadays, everybody fancies himself an expert in government and wants to have a say. B. F. Skinner
B. F. Skinner quote: "Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless."
Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless. B. F. Skinner
B. F. Skinner quote: "It is not a question of starting. The start has been made...."
It is not a question of starting. The start has been made. It's a question of what's to be done from now on. B. F. Skinner
B. F. Skinner quote: "The consequences of an act affect the probability of it's..."
The consequences of an act affect the probability of it's occurring again. B. F. Skinner
In a democracy, there is no check against despotism, because the principle of democracy is supposed to be itself a check. But it guarantees only that the majority will not be despotically ruled. B. F. Skinner

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