B. F. Skinner

You can get along very well in this world by simply coming up with a quantity of reasonably valid statements. ”

I remember when I was a freshman in college, I was still somewhat bothered by... worried... about religion. I remember going to this professor of philosophy and telling him that I had lost my faith. ”

I won't say that I'm an agnostic, since agnosticism maintains that one cannot know... but I'm not averse to the idea of some intelligence or some organizing force that set up the initial conditions of the universe in such a way that ultimately generated stars, planets and life. ”

I am opposed to the military use of animals. I am also opposed to the military use of men. ”

If you insist that individual rights are the summum bonum, then the whole structure of society falls down. ”

Great scientific contributions have been techniques. ”

A person who has been punished is not less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment. ”

Reinforcement is being right. ”

I would be opposed to any kind of totalitarian control. ”

The feeling of being interested can act as a kind of neurological signal, directing us to fruitful areas of inquiry. ”