B. F. Skinner Quotes

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

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If there's an opportunity for me to compete at something, I'm there.
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In my opinion - in Georgia, there's a town called Lula. And Lula, Georgia, has the best peaches.
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The end of secrecy would be the end of the novel - especially the English novel. The English novel requires social secrecy, personal secrecy.
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Well you know it's dangerous in politics, because especially in the Philippines there's a lot of killing in politics.
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There is nothing more boring than doing singing exercises.
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I keep waiting to meet a man who has more balls than I do.
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I don't read the press, I don't watch endless music TV.
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History is full of examples of regimes that were oppressing at home and aggressive abroad, and I can't think of too many liberal democracies engaging in counterfeiting, drug running, missile proliferation, and just about any other illegal activity you can think of as North Korea does.
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I did some good things as a rookie.
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My life is so full of sacrifices.
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If you use tact you can say anything, then make it funny.
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Great men lose somewhat of their greatness by being near us; ordinary men gain much.
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Education is gathering information and reading... No human being can thrive without some form of education. How you get it is up to you - the important thing is that you get it.
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Food service is a growth area for PepsiCo.
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Among the notable things about fire is that it also requires oxygen to burn - exactly like its enemy, life. Thereby are life and flames so often compared.
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I just think of everything I do and how happy it will make me to do it. I don't like having my photograph taken, for instance, so I don't do that often.
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I want to tell President Sarkozy - and through him, all the French people - that they were our support, our light.
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Carol Burnett was particularly funny. She swore for the first time on television on Larry Sanders.
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The use of force to liberate people is very different from the use of force to suppress or control them, or even to defeat them.
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They're after one world religion and one world government. That's why they've attacked the Catholic Church so strongly, to ultimately take control over it by their doctrine.
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But I still think it's mind over matter in the sense that if you're strong, you can combat anything.
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My day goes from one embarrassing moment to the next.
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I keep saying this, but the most important part of directing is casting, and the rest of it is pretty easy.
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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