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A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.
B. F. Skinner
Mistake
Failure
Circumstances
May
Trying
I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is.
B. F. Skinner
Design
Life
Decisions
We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.
B. F. Skinner
Love
Books
Reading
The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount.
B. F. Skinner
Positive
The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.
B. F. Skinner
Men
Machines
The consequences of an act affect the probability of it's occurring again.
B. F. Skinner
Act
Consequences
Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.
B. F. Skinner
Education
Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless.
B. F. Skinner
Society
If you're old, don't try to change yourself, change your environment.
B. F. Skinner
Change
Environment
Old