Going out of style isn't a natural process, but a manipulated change which destroys the beauty of last year's dress in order to make it worthless.

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.

It has been noted that actions speak louder than words. Truth is, I have found that during many situations in life, words are just noise... and actions are the ONLY things that speak.

Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.

A baby is a flower of hope, a song of eternity, and a promise of love and beauty of humanity.

God does not flunk any of His children. He just re-enrolls them.

You can get spiritual things out of books and stories and they have nothing to do with religion.

It seems to leave the darkness rather blacker than before.

Denn was ist Freiheit? Dasz man den Willen zur Selbstverantwortlichkeit hat.

I live like a Hottentot. I cannot exchange one sensible word with anyone.

You know, you try to move the Brussels bureaucracy, and unless you have some capacity to really break it, you can't move it. It just sits there and stares at you.

Actors who have tried to play Churchill and MacArthur have failed abysmally because each of those men was a great actor playing himself.