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

Quote by B F Skinner

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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.

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.

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

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

Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless.

Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless.

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

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

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

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

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...

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.

When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but...

When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but...

How novel and original must be each new mans view of the universe - for...

How novel and original must be each new mans view of the universe - for...

Every burned book enlightens the world.

Every burned book enlightens the world.

Knowing I loved my books, he furnished me, From mine own library with volumes that...

Knowing I loved my books, he furnished me, From mine own library with volumes that...

Books in a large university library system: 2,000,000. Books in an average large city library:...

Books in a large university library system: 2,000,000. Books in an average large city library:...

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be...

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be...

To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.

To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.

The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man nothing else that he...

The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man nothing else that he...

Printing is no longer the only way of reproducing books. Reading them, however, has not...

Printing is no longer the only way of reproducing books. Reading them, however, has not...

Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?... Wise men write many books,...

Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?... Wise men write many books,...