The one fact that I would cry form every housetop is this: the Good Life is waiting for us - here and now.
B. F. SkinnerSomehow people get the idea I think we should be given gumdrops whenever we do anything of value.
B. F. SkinnerGoing out of style isn't a natural process, but a manipulated change which destroys the beauty of last year's dress in order to make it worthless.
B. F. SkinnerAny single historical event is too complex to be adequately known by anyone. It transcends all the intellectual capacities of men. Our practice is to wait until a sufficient number of details have been forgotten. Of course things seem simpler then! Our memories work that way; we retain the facts which are easiest to think about.
B. F. Skinner