I won't say that I'm an agnostic, since agnosticism maintains that one cannot know... but I'm not averse to the idea of some intelligence or some organizing force that set up the initial conditions of the universe in such a way that ultimately generated stars, planets and life.

B. F. Skinner

B. F. Skinner

Agnostic Cannot Conditions Force Idea Initial Intelligence Know Life Organizing Planets Say Since Some Stars Ultimately Universe Up Way

Related Quotes

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

Those few people who do respond to the dire conditions of the future - journalists, environmentalists, behavioral scientists - tend not to be powerful.

— B. F. Skinner

BehavioralConditionsDire

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

— B. F. Skinner

The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount.

— B. F. Skinner

PositiveAmountCarried

I'm not among the clouds, the stars, the planets....I'm at the boundaries of this box called universe

— Dedrick D. L. Pitter

BoundariesBoundaryClouds