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A dog is not intelligent. Never trust an animal that's surprised by its own farts.


Frank Skinner

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B. F. SKINNER I believe that I have been basically anarchistic, anti-religion and anti-industry and business. In o...
B. F. SKINNER I'm very pessimistic.
B. F. SKINNER I would be opposed to any kind of totalitarian control.
B. F. SKINNER I never really expected to be controversial.
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 think my novel, 'Walden Two,' has made people stop and look at the culture they have inher...
B. F. SKINNER You can get along very well in this world by simply coming up with a quantity of reasonably valid st...
B. F. SKINNER The people who control the condition in which we live have no reason to think beyond more than the n...
B. F. SKINNER What is sought can never produce the seeking.
B. F. SKINNER We have not yet seen what man can make of man.
B. F. SKINNER boys, girls and music . . why do they need gin?
FRANK Whoever is happy will make others happy too.
ANNE FRANK The best music happens when you have a personal connection to it. That same philosophy can extend to...
FRANK IERO I'm not one of those complicated, mixed-up cats. I'm not looking for the secret to life... I...
FRANK SINATRA The best revenge is massive success.
FRANK SINATRA There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life.
FRANK ZAPPA Mobile video is now a reality and a force to be reckoned with. I think it is essential to think abou...
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