"A person who has been punished is not thereby simply less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how t…"

"Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless."

"Man's power appears to have increased out of all proportion to his wisdom. He has never been in a better position to …"

"The strengthening of behavior which results from reinforcement is appropriately called "conditioning". In operant con…"

"Let men be happy, informed, skillful, well behaved, and productive."

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

"We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. Knowing the contents of a few works of literature …"

"The real question is not whether machines think but whether men do. The mystery which surrounds a thinking machine al…"

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

"It is a mistake to suppose that the whole issue is how to free man. The issue is to improve the way in which he is co…"