Recent Issues. Chapter 4: The Listener. Quote 3 Post author:B. F. Skinner Foundation Post published:December 18, 2018 Post category:Skinner's Quote of the Day “Most of my book Verbal Behavior (1957) was about the speaker . . . But if listeners are responsible for the behavior of speakers, we need to look more closely at what they do.” (p. 36) Subscribe to RSS feed here You Might Also Like Verbal Behavior: Extended Edition. Personal Epilogue II: No Black Scorpion. Quote 4 May 6, 2026 Recent Issues. Chapter 12: The Behavior of Organisms at Fifty. Quote 23 May 1, 2019 Contingencies of Reinforcement. Chapter 5: Operant behavior. Quote 23 June 14, 2018