Quotes with response

Quotes 41 till 56 of 56.

  • B. F. Skinner The strengthening of behavior which results from reinforcement is appropriately called conditioning. In operant conditioning we strengthen an operant in the sense of making a response more probable or, in actual fact, more frequent.
    Science and Human Behavior
    B. F. Skinner
    American psychologist, behaviorist and author (1904 - 1990)
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  • Norman Cousins The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives - the death of genuine feeling, the death of inspired response, the awareness that makes it possible to feel the pain or the glory of other men in yourself.
    Norman Cousins
    American Editor, Humanitarian, Author (1915 - 1990)
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  • Vance Palmer The truth is that literature, particularly fiction, is not the pure medium we sometimes assume it to be. Response to it is affected by things other than its own intrinsic quality; by a curiosity or lack of it about the people it deals with, their outlook, their way of life.
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  • Ban Ki-moon The U.N.'s humanitarian agencies rely on charitable donations from the public as well as the generosity of governments to continue their lifesaving work in response to natural disasters, armed conflicts and other emergencies.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Bill Viola The velocity and knee-jerk response to events happening in real time that television brings us precludes any kind of reflection or contemplation and therefore analysis. And that's been one of the greatest political dangers in the post-war era. The idea of the reasoned, thoughtful response goes out of the window.
    Bill Viola
    American video artist (1951 - )
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  • Russell Hoban There are situations in life to which the only satisfactory response is a physically violent one. If you don't make that response, you continually relive the unresolved situation over and over in your life.
    Russell Hoban
    American writer (1925 - 2011)
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  • Billy Corgan This is not a reaction against a negative world. It's a response to a negative world.
    regarding Adore, Guitar World. July 1998
    Billy Corgan
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1967 - )
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  • Sidonie Gabrielle Colette To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.
    Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
    French writer (1873 - 1954)
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  • Maxwell Maltz We are injured and hurt emotionally, Not so much by other people or what they say and don't say, But by our own attitude and our own response.
    Maxwell Maltz
    American surgeon and author (1889 - 1975)
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  • Allan Massie We are responsible for actions performed in response to circumstances for which we are not responsible.
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  • Rabindranath Tagore What is Art? It is the response of man's creative soul to the call of the Real.
    Rabindranath Tagore
    Indian mystic and poet (1861 - 1941)
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  • Bruce Schneier When people are scared, they need something done that will make them feel safe, even if it doesn't truly make them safer. Politicians naturally want to do something in response to crisis, even if that something doesn't make any sense. But unfortunately for politicians, the security measures that work are largely invisible.
    Bruce Schneier
    American cryptographer, computer security professional and writer (1963 - )
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  • Amos Bronson Alcott Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest response.
    Amos Bronson Alcott
    American educator and social reformer (1799 - 1888)
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  • Abraham Joshua Heschel Wonder, or radical amazement, is a way of going beyond what is given in thing and thought, refusing to take anything for granted, to regard anything as final. It is our honest response to the grandeur and mystery of reality our confrontation with that which transcends the given.
    Who Is Man? (1965)
    Abraham Joshua Heschel
    Polish-American rabbi (1907 - 1972)
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  • Bill Viola You are just as qualified as any expert to make a judgment and have a feeling or a response to any work of art.
    Bill Viola
    American video artist (1951 - )
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  • Gael Boardman You will get good attention and people will be more inclined to listen to you if you can make a statement whereby their response is, ''No Shit!'' or at least, ''No kidding!''
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