A child who has been severely punished for sex play is not necessarily less inclined to continue; and a man who has been imprisoned for violent assault is not necessarily less inclined toward violence.
B. F. SkinnerIt is not a question of starting. The start has been made. It's a question of what's to be done from now on.
B. F. SkinnerThe world's a poor standard. any society which is free of hunger and violence looks bright against that background.
B. F. SkinnerIndeed one of the ultimate advantages of an education is simply coming to the end of it.
B. F. SkinnerBetter 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.
B. F. Skinner