No theory changes what it is a theory about; man remains what he has always been. B. F. Skinner Read Quote
I believe that I have been basically anarchistic, anti-religion and anti-industry and business. In other words, anti-bureaucracy. I would like to see people behave well without having to have priests stand by, politicians stand by, or people collecting bills. B. F. Skinner Read Quote
Those few people who do respond to the dire conditions of the future – journalists, environmentalists, behavioral scientists – tend not to be powerful. B. F. Skinner Read Quote
Religions work for their own aggrandizement – strengthen the church and so on – and they use reinforcers of one kind or another to get obedience and so on from their communicants. B. F. Skinner Read Quote
I don’t know whether I want to improve religion or not. I prefer to get rid of it. B. F. Skinner Read Quote
I think my novel, ‘Walden Two,’ has made people stop and look at the culture they have inherited and wonder if it is the last word or whether it can be changed. B. F. Skinner Read Quote
The people who control the condition in which we live have no reason to think beyond more than the next five or 10 years. B. F. Skinner Read Quote
