B. F. Skinner

I am opposed to the military use of animals. I am also opposed to the military use of men.

B. F. Skinner

I did not direct my life. I didn’t design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That’s what life is.

B. F. Skinner

I don’t believe in God, so I’m not afraid of dying.

B. F. Skinner

I don’t deny the importance of genetics. However, the fact that I might be altruistic isn’t because I have a gene for altruism; the fact that I do something for my children at some cost to myself comes from a history that has operated on me.

B. F. Skinner

I don’t know whether I want to improve religion or not. I prefer to get rid of it.

B. F. Skinner

I don’t think my mother and father ever had any doubts about what I was to be punished for or not. My parents come from a very strictly defined culture.

B. F. Skinner

I have to tell people that they are not responsible for their behavior. They’re not creating it; they’re not initiating anything. It’s all found somewhere else. That’s an awful lot to relinquish.

B. F. Skinner

I never really expected to be controversial.

B. F. Skinner

I would be opposed to any kind of totalitarian control.

B. F. Skinner

I’m very pessimistic.

B. F. Skinner