The consequences of an act affect the probability of it's occurring again.

Quote by B F Skinner

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A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can...

A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can...

The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount.

The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount.

If you're old, don't try to change yourself, change your environment.

If you're old, don't try to change yourself, change your environment.

I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things...

I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things...

Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless.

Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless.

Give me a child and I'll shape him into anything.

Give me a child and I'll shape him into anything.

The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.

The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.

Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.

Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.

Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten.

Education is what survives when what has been learnt has been forgotten.

We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.

We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.

I spend money with reckless abandon. Last month I blew $5000 at a reincarnation. I...

I spend money with reckless abandon. Last month I blew $5000 at a reincarnation. I...

There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions,...

There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions,...

Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a...

Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a...

The reason that there are so few good books written is that so few people...

The reason that there are so few good books written is that so few people...

Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times...

Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times...

Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to...

Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to...

Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it...

Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it...

Your sweet little book is a bizarre collection of out-of-context quotations, misquotations, misleading quotations, non...

Your sweet little book is a bizarre collection of out-of-context quotations, misquotations, misleading quotations, non...

A good book praises itself

A good book praises itself

We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words...

We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words...