Give Me A Child And I'll Shape

An Important Fact About Verbal Behavior Is That Speaker And Listener May Reside Within The Same Skin.

We Have Seen That In Certain Respects Operant Reinforcement Resembles The Natural Selection Of Evolutionary Theory. Just As Genetic Characteristics Which Arise As Mutations Are Selected Or Discarded By Their Consequences, So Novel Forms Of Behavior Are Selected Or Discarded Through Reinforcement.

Those Who Have Had Anything Useful To Say Have Said It Far Too Often, And Those Who Have Had Nothing To Say Have Been No More Reticent.

Something Doing Every Minute' May Be A Gesture Of Despair-or The Height Of A Battle Against Boredom.

Any Single Historical Event Is Too Complex To Be Adequately Known By Anyone. It Transcends All The Intellectual Capacities Of Men. Our Practice Is To Wait Until A Sufficient Number Of Details Have Been Forgotten. Of Course Things Seem Simpler Then! Our Memories Work That Way; We Retain The Facts Which Are Easiest To Think About.