B. F. Skinner Trying Quotations

If you're old, don't try to change yourself, change your environment.

We're just trying to put our heads above water here. We put ourselves in a hole and we're just trying to get out of it.

There are only 30 cars. If it was all equalized, some places like P.E.I. or New Brunswick might not get one at all. This is just about trying to create some excitement.

I was trying to figure out what the heck I was doing. I wanted to get in there and run and obviously play some defense. We've got a young team but that's not an excuse. We've got a lot of young players that just haven't grasped it yet but we'll get there.

Your liberals and radicals all want to govern. They want to try it their way- to show that people will be happier if the power is wielded in a different way or for different purposes. But how do they know? Have they ever tried it? No, it's merely their guess.

Most, if not all, of these people down there were trying to do the right thing. They were under a lot of pressure, and they took a lot of shortcuts that may have resulted in a lot of waste. And they may have abused their authority to enter into contracts that they were not authorized to do.

Most, if not all, of these people down there were trying to do the right thing,

We're still trying to improve. We're just not going to be a great free-throwing team. That's something we just have to accept. We have to compensate for that.

We played a number of games with only six guys, and obviously had some success. Roles, not only are they changing and they're being defined, but the guys are trying to adjust. It's not always as simple as you like.

There is a cost to Virginians to doing nothing in terms of transportation revenue. There's also a cost to Virginians to trying to fund transportation by stealing from schools and public safety and health care.

This is another predictable report by an organization trying to advance an agenda through the use of distortions and errors in fact, ... It's a shame they refuse to convey how seriously the military has investigated all known credible allegations of detainee abuse and how we've looked at all aspects of detention operations under a microscope. . . . Humane treatment has always been the standard no matter how much certain organizations want people to believe otherwise.

He still had some room down there at the bottom and I knew he'd race me clean, ... I was trying to do anything I could to break his momentum.

He's recognizing what opposing defenses are trying to do to him and delivering the ball to his teammates. I don't think the coaches in this league have (overlooked Smith). Maybe the fans and media isn't as familiar with him, but I guess you will be as time goes on.