Except when physically restrained, a person is least free or dignified when he is under threat of punishment, and unfortunately most people often are.

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.

A person who has been punished is not thereby simply less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.

Give me a child and I'll shape him into anything.

The major difference between rats and people is that rats learn from experience.

Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.

Behavior is determined by its consequences.

That's all teaching is; arranging contingencies which bring changes in behavior.

Behavior is shaped and maintained by its consequences

The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount.

It is not a question of starting. The start has been made. It's a question of what's to be done from now on.

I see a light in the kitchen. Let us not deprive Molly any longer of the chance to deplore how thin you are.

Science isn't just about blowing things up. Rather it's about blowing things up and knowing how you did it.

Don't go looking for boys in the dark They will say pretty things then leave you with scars. Do go looking for boys in the park For that is where the true gentlemen are.

Working people have alot of bad habits, but the worst of these is work.

The Romans spent the next 200 years using their great engineering skill to construct ruins all over Europe.

Color is a matter of taste and sensitivity.

It's all flags, fireworks, family, food and fun That's July Four July Five, the fun is done The fireworks are no more

I was fortunate enough to have an upbringing that made me more accepting of who I am.

I'm addicted to the dynamics of relationships whether they be in love, work, between strangers on the streets, or in the world in general.

I think my older sister was probably more clever, but I worked very hard.