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

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.

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.

What is love except another name for the use of positive reinforcement? Or vice versa.

With my simple writings I want to change the mindset of humanity so that they themselves can create a positive new world where they can live with dignity and peace.

You're the only one I ever believe in, the answer that could never be found.

The loudest elderly women always had the quietest elderly husbands.

For me, most comedy scripts fail in the mechanical playing-out of the setup. They'll pay lip service to a moral lesson or a psychological progression.

I don't like news channels so I have six websites that I check and I get the daily update.

I've always been a religious person, and I try to think that every disappointment might just be a blessing in disguise.

I love knowing that people are connecting to my lyrics, my music and me.

In a way, I think religion is to be admired for asking the right questions. I just think it's got the wrong answers.

Justice precedes beauty. Without justice, beauty is impossible, an obscenity. And when beauty has gone, what does a cameraman do with his eye?

The soldier is summoned to a life of active duty and so is the Christian.