B.F. Skinner

"The future is now."

"Psychoanalysis has not solved the problem of freedom."

"Thinking is behaving, and we think when we are alone as well as in company."

"The responsibility of the scientist is to describe what he sees in terms that are as accurate as possible."

"Money is the most effective reinforcer of human behavior."

"Teaching machines and programmed instruction make possible a kind of individual instruction that has previously been unavailable."

"The beauty of a scientific theory is that it is testable."

"We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us."

"The only way to change behavior is to change the consequences of behavior."

"What we need is not revolution but evolution, a slow change."

"In order to understand human behavior, we must understand the contingencies of reinforcement."

"Art is a form of behavior that emerges from specific contingencies of reinforcement."

"Freedom is found in understanding the causes of behavior."

"The most important thing about education is that it teaches you how to learn."

"Self knowledge is the beginning of self improvement."

"Attention is a reinforcer that can shape behavior."

"Human beings are not born with a need to be free; this need is created by social contingencies."

"Hope is what we feel when we are moving toward a better future."

"The only real defense against authority is the knowledge of how the authority operates."

"Courage is what we feel when we face danger without fear."

"We must learn to live together or we will surely perish together."

"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."

"In the long run, the aggressive man is at a disadvantage."

"Happiness is the by-product of doing what you find meaningful."

"The promise of behavioral science is that we can improve the human condition."

"Beauty is a form of behavior that is reinforced by others."

"Imagination is what allows us to create new behaviors and new worlds."

"The study of human behavior is the most important task before us."

"Dreams are what happen when we stop being controlled by the environment."

"Patience is the ability to wait without reinforcement."