"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."

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Source : "Beyond Freedom and Dignity". Book by B. F. Skinner, 1972.

B. F. Skinner

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“Evil be to him who evil thinks.”
“When parents put gold into the hands of youth, when they should put a rod under their girdle--when instead of awe they make them past grace, and leave them rich executors of goods, and poor executors of godliness, then it is no marvel that the son being left rich by his father's will, becomes reckless by his own will.”
“I really like to have a coffee shop next door and be able to smoke a cigarette. I'm a city person; I regard nature as something hostile and problematic. I do enjoy it when I get out there, but it is mostly against my will. It's a bit of an awkward thing to say - people really don't like it when you say that.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Never buy an editor or publisher a lunch or a drink until he has bought an article, story or book from you. This rule is absolute and may be broken only at your peril.”
“Now on the other hand, if someone is selling a product, opening a dance studio, or has some other aim to help themselves, then I tend to look askance at some of these strange stories from outer space.”
“I don't know if we will ever try again because those sort of things are very hard to organise but yes, I've known Doon for years and John as well but I hadn't met Will before, and he turned out to be a good laugh.”
“Even if the dollar does decline during the coming months, the delays in the response of exports and imports to the more competitive dollar will mean that the increase in aggregate demand from this source may not happen for a year or more.”
“The challenge for an artist is always to find your own way of doing something.”

Source : Sam Hunter, Tom Wesselmann (1994). “Tom Wesselmann”, Rizzoli International Publications

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