B. F. Skinner People Quotations

I have to tell people that they are not responsible for their behavior. They're not creating it; they're not initiating anything. It's all found somewhere else. That's an awful lot to relinquish.

Behavior used to be reinforced by great deprivation; if people weren't hungry, they wouldn't work. Now we are committed to feeding people whether they work or not. Nor is money as great a reinforcer as it once was. People no longer work for punitive reasons, yet our culture offers no new satisfactions.

Those few people who do respond to the dire conditions of the future - journalists, environmentalists, behavioral scientists - tend not to be powerful.

I believe that I have been basically anarchistic, anti-religion and anti-industry and business. In other words, anti-bureaucracy. I would like to see people behave well without having to have priests stand by, politicians stand by, or people collecting bills.

I think my novel, 'Walden Two,' has made people stop and look at the culture they have inherited and wonder if it is the last word or whether it can be changed.

We didn't crash the party. We're part of this league now. People are going to have to get used to this.

What happens is the cases that we are talking about here have involved elderly people or people with compromised immune systems who come into contact with this water. It can enter the body through a cut or scratch or some kind of abrasion and if it is not treated with antibiotics it can lead to bloodstream or other kinds of infections.

The major difference between rats and people is that rats learn from experience.

I don't think we're crashing their party. We're part of this. You might as well get used to this. There are some new people in town, and you'll hopefully welcome us with open arms.

When he was in school and worked in the store, I think the interaction between people is really what gained his interest.

We've given them what they asked for and then people take responsibility about whether they add it up or not add it up,

Your liberals and radicals all want to govern. They want to try it their way- to show that people will be happier if the power is wielded in a different way or for different purposes. But how do they know? Have they ever tried it? No, it's merely their guess.

Better contraceptives will control population only if people will use them. A nuclear holocaust can be prevented only if the conditions under which nations make war can be changed. The environment will continue to deteriorate until pollution practices are abandoned. We need to make vast changes in human behavior.

Society already possesses the psychological techniques needed to obtain universal observance of a code - a code which would guarantee the success of a community or state. The difficulty is that these techniques are in the hands of the wrong people-or, rather, there aren't any right people.

We admire people to the extent that we cannot explain what they do, and the word 'admire' then means 'marvel at.'

Overcrowding can be corrected only by inducing people not to crowd, and the environment will continue to deteriorate until polluting practices are abandoned.

Somehow people get the idea I think we should be given gumdrops whenever we do anything of value.

Except when physically restrained, a person is least free or dignified when he is under threat of punishment, and unfortunately most people often are.

The majority of people don't want to plan. They want to be free of the responsibility of planning. What they ask for is merely some assurance that they will be decently provided for. The rest is a day-to-day enjoyment of life. That's the explanation for your Father Divines; people naturally flock to anyone they can trust for the necessities of life... They are the backbone of a community--solid, trust-worthy, essential.

Most, if not all, of these people down there were trying to do the right thing. They were under a lot of pressure, and they took a lot of shortcuts that may have resulted in a lot of waste. And they may have abused their authority to enter into contracts that they were not authorized to do.

Most, if not all, of these people down there were trying to do the right thing,

What we've been telling people continues to hold true: that some of the attacks they have made on us just aren't working.

We've been looking at all the contracts from day one. One concern is whether you are getting the fair market value. The second is whether the people we are giving contracts to are the best qualified.

The grades as far as the facility are excellent. A lot of money was spent here a number of years ago upgrading this facility and it shows. It's very functional and the people that are occupying that space are doing an outstanding job,

You have an individual people are going to enjoy being around. You have an individual who's going to communicate well. And if given enough time, he'll help get that program on a winning track.

You might as well get used to this. There's some new people in town and y'all got to hopefully welcome us with open arms. I'm not talking about just BC, but you've got Miami and Virginia Tech. So this league has evolved and hopefully we bring some credibility to it, and people would appreciate the quality of basketball that we're playing and those other new schools are playing.

You might as well get used to it, there are some new people in town.

This is another predictable report by an organization trying to advance an agenda through the use of distortions and errors in fact, ... It's a shame they refuse to convey how seriously the military has investigated all known credible allegations of detainee abuse and how we've looked at all aspects of detention operations under a microscope. . . . Humane treatment has always been the standard no matter how much certain organizations want people to believe otherwise.

This initiative makes it easier than ever to understand the quality that goes into our food, ... We're very confident that the more information people have, the more they will like what they see at McDonald's.

This league has evolved and hopefully we bring some credibility to it. And people will appreciate the quality of basketball we're playing, as well as the other two schools.

There's a lot of smoke and mirrors going on, and people are not saying what they mean.

Tackling heart disease is a local priority and these services are a major step forward in improving cardiac services and ensuring local people have access to high quality health care when they need it.

It's important for people to know that there is a lot of fresh fruit and produce here, and when they come they can look the people in the eye who actually grew the food. We do everything right here.

In my experience, I don't care where you're at, whether you're in New York or Florida, California or Louisiana, after disasters, when you have this kind of money being pumped into the community this fast, there are going to be people who are going to try to take advantage of it.

(Comdex) got so large it had to move into other convention halls. If (CES) does it right, I don't think it will be a problem. Having the separate (theme) areas so people know where to go, it's easier for people to adjust what they want to see.