B. F. Skinner Quotes

Those who have had anything useful to say have said it far too often, and those who have had nothing to say have been no more reticent.

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Like working families all across the state, we must find a way to make government live within its means.
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Many of the wars we see around the world start as domestic conflicts that are fueled by external forces and powers. My view is that we can help peace if we help communities transform from the inside, on their own terms.
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I love the 'Lost' ending. I stand by it, but there are a lot of people out there who hate it.
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There is a lot of noise out there. I don't want to follow the trend - I want to create the trend.
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Forgiving the men who killed my parents and brother was a process, a journey into deeper and deeper prayer.
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I studied chord theory and started playing the piano.
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I love sport because I love life, and sport is one of the basic joys of life.
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I full well realize that politics is a rough and tumble business, but politics should not be reduced to lobbing partisan hand grenades. Politics is not war. Terrorism is.
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I think if they put a laugh track on 'Intervention,' it would be funny.
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When a philosopher says something that is true then it is trivial. When he says something that is not trivial then it is false.
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I have no discipline, which is a horrible flaw for any writer. Once I'm well started on a project, though, then I'm addicted to it all day long. When it's done, I collapse and have to really kick myself to start a new one.
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I believe though I do not comprehend, and I hold by faith what I cannot grasp with the mind.
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The reality is, if you were fortunate to be born to rich parents, you have a better chance of succeeding in life. And that's wrong.
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I love writing but not crazy meticulous/prepared enough to be a director. I'd work as a gaffer on something.
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Usually my characters, though young, tend to be street-wise.
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We just compare our lifestyle to movies so you can relate to them. When I say, 'I bought a carpet from Aladdin so I could finesse and do magic,' that means I had to get me a new whip or I had to get me something in disguise to work my magic, to finesse, to get out of here.
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It is better to go down in infamy than to never go down at all.
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The nation will be shaped for decades by decisions that are made by President Bush and the Senate about the future of the Supreme Court.
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I am thrilled to return as Honorary Captain of the GREEKs for HBCUs Team. I reflect fondly on my days at Florida A&M University, and how visible and active all of the sororities and fraternities were. Membership in Black Greek letter organizations on college campuses is preparation for a lifetime of service.
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If a Chinese plane landed at Los Angeles Airport having just bought down an American military plane, he wouldn't be permitted to leave the next day. So then we developed a framework which should have been acceptable as a concept to the Chinese, namely to express regret for the loss of life and maintain our position that we had a right to fly these missions.
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I'm excited about it, thrilled with the success thus far.
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Global conditions are far too complex to be able to imagine that they could ever be really controlled by one power.
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The body is the one thing you have to say goodbye to. You can hold on to your memories. You can hold on to the spirit. That's part of the package that you love and the part that comforts you.
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Those who have had anything useful to say have said it far too often, and those who have had nothing to say have been no more reticent.