The best Quotes by B. F. Skinner

The ideal of behaviorism is to eliminate coercion: to apply controls by changing the environment in such a way as to reinforce the kind of behavior that benefits everyone.

When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.

Learning Curiosity

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You're gonna like Massachusetts. It's very patriotic - perfect for a fresh start.

Georgia Miller in Ginny & Georgia - Season 1 Episode 1

Massachusetts

I'm lucky to have been raised in the most beautiful place - Amherst, Massachusetts, state of my heart. I'm more patriotic to Massachusetts than to almost any place.

Uma Thurman

Massachusetts

I will work my heart out to earn the trust of the people of Massachusetts.

Elizabeth Warren

Massachusetts

The man in the White House is not the cause of what is broken, he is just the latest and most extreme symptom of what's gone wrong in America. A product of a rigged system that props up the rich and powerful and kicks dirt on everyone else.

Elizabeth Warren (as Senator of Massachusetts) - February 9, 2019

Massachusetts

I went to Massachusetts to make a difference. I didn't go there to begin a political career running time and time again. I made a difference. I put in place the things I wanted to do.

Mitt Romney

Massachusetts

Only a liberal senator from Massachusetts would say that a 49 percent increase in funding for education was not enough.

George W. Bush

Massachusetts

They say money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a flight to Massachusetts - and that's pretty much the same thing.

Massachusetts

In England, they drive on the left side of the road.
In Pennsylvania we drive on what's left of the road.

Pennsylvania

They say money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a flight to Pennsylvania - and that's pretty much the same thing.

Pennsylvania

But there are mistakes that are necessary. Sometimes you have to die a little bit to get back to live a little longer.

Benedict Wells

Failures & Mistakes Breakup Beginning

I make mistakes like the next man. In fact, being - forgive me - rather cleverer than most men, my mistakes tend to be correspondingly huger.

Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Failures & Mistakes Intelligence

It's just that... I just think that some things are meant to be broken. Imperfect. Chaotic. It's the universe's way of providing contrast, you know? There have to be a few holes in the road. It's how life is.

Sarah Dessen in The Truth About Forever

Life Failures & Mistakes Beginning Scars

In the beginning of a jorney, no one knows what to expect. They might have a vague idea the road ahead could be rough. That's what makes new beginnings so exciting. You don't know what will happen until it's over.

Sam Gardner in Atypical - Season 4

Beginning

Beginnings can be painful. But that doesn't mean they're bad.

Sam Gardner in Atypical - Season 4

Beginning

Nothing ever begins. There is no first moment; no single word or place from which this or any other story springs.

Clive Barker

Beginning

Anything is possible if you got enough nerve.

Ginny Weasley in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Courage Motivation

To me, the very definition of the word "broken" suggests that something can be fixed.

Elijah Mikaelson in The Originals - Season 1 Episode 8

Breakup Beginning Motivation

Sometimes the right path is not the easiest one.

Grandmother Willow in Pocahontas

Work Motivation

I am nervous about the impact AI is going to have on future elections. Personalized 1:1 persuasion, combined with high-quality generated media, is going to be a powerful force.

Sam Altman - September 2022

Artificial Intelligence Elections & Voting

AI will probably most likely lead to the end of the world, but in the meantime, there'll be great companies.

Sam Altman

Artificial Intelligence

AI is a nightmare to me. It's inhumane. You can't get more inhumane than artificial intelligence.

Nicolas Cage - November 2023

Artificial Intelligence

The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.

Albert Einstein

Learning Education

Never memorize what you can look up in books.

Albert Einstein

Books Learning

I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.

Albert Einstein

Learning Education School

Curiosity is not a sin. But we should exercise caution with our curiosity.

Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Curiosity

I wasn't actually in love, but I felt a sort of tender curiosity.

F. Scott Fitzgerald in The Great Gatsby

Curiosity Falling in love

I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.

Albert Einstein - in einem Brief an Carl Seelig, 1952

Curiosity

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

Deadpool

But I don't understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff, it's sordid but it's boring and I don't understand why it keeps going.

Donald Trump - July 2025

The Epstein Files

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