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Mail Quotes

Lines about letters, inboxes, and the mail that sticks with you.

This page gathers quotes about mail in its many forms, from the technical guts of an email server to the personal jolt of fan mail. A few lines also poke fun at how junk mail seems to outlast everything else. For more short reflective lines, see Because quotes.

As of today, the Postfix mail transport agent has almost 50,000 lines of code, comments not included.

Quotes by Wietse Venema

I get mail; therefore I am.

Quotes by Scott Adams

I'm certainly getting a lot more mail... that's basically it.

Quotes by Sam Mendes

Mail enables businesses to deliver vital services and products, including medication, and allows these same businesses to receive payments in a timely way.

Quotes by Raja Krishnamoorthi

Always Quotes

I still get fan mail for Columbo.

Quotes by Peter Falk

My mother answers all my fan mail.

Quotes by Patti Smith

College students typically receive marketing offers in the mail from upwards of a hundred companies each year.

Quotes by Parker Conrad

If you receive so much fan mail, it does touch you personally.

Quotes by Nico Hulkenberg

Ray Johnson was a great innovator of mail art and photocopying and sending people photocopies.

Quotes by Leo Fitzpatrick

Answers Quotes

I love receiving fan mail.

Quotes by Lara Flynn Boyle

Discourse is fleeting, but junk mail is forever.

Quotes by Joe Bob Briggs

I started on the fringes of journalism as a cartoonist on The Daily Mail.

Quotes by Humphrey Lyttelton

Gentlemen don't read each other's mail.

Quotes by Henry L. Stimson

My mail address is open for anyone, and I read all my mails by myself.

Quotes by Hans Vestberg

Art Quotes

I do get a lot of mail. I get a lot of foreign mail because my mail gets mixed with Emilio Estevez.

Quotes by Erik Estrada

In the office, the mail that came in was always 10 to 1 for me.

Quotes by Davy Jones

I have no ghost writers. I personally write every message and every piece of published mail.

Quotes by David Wilkerson

I got mail from a prison once.

Quotes by Chloe Kim

That's my favorite part of Twitter: it's instant fan mail.

Quotes by Charlie Weber

Because Quotes

I've been using email since 1983. I started with MH and Rmail, then cc:Mail, then Microsoft Mail, with Compuserve mixed in. Eventually, I ended up using Pine for non-Windows stuff and Outlook for Windows stuff. For a while.

Quotes by Brad Feld

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of mail quotes are on this page?
These quotes range from technical observations about email infrastructure to personal reflections on receiving letters, including one line about junk mail feeling permanent. It's a small, varied mix rather than a single theme.
Why do people search for mail quotes?
People look for mail quotes to capture something relatable about correspondence, whether that's the joy of fan mail or a wry comment on how much junk mail piles up. Quotes like these are easy to share when a line rings true.
Is this page only about email, or physical mail too?
Both are covered here. One quote references the Postfix mail transport agent's code size, a nod to email infrastructure, while others describe fan mail and junk mail in a more everyday, physical-mail sense.
What does the quote about junk mail being 'forever' mean?
It's a wry observation that spoken words fade quickly, but junk mail seems to keep arriving no matter what. It's less a factual claim and more a familiar complaint many people share.
Are these quotes from well-known figures?
The page draws from a range of speakers commenting on mail from different angles, from software engineering to personal correspondence. For related short-quote pages, check Answers quotes.

Whether you're drawn to the practical side of mail systems or the emotional weight of a letter received, these quotes cover both. Browse Art quotes next for a different kind of everyday reflection.