Telephone Quotes
Words on phones, calls, and staying connected.
This page gathers quotes about telephones, from the memory of not being able to afford one when starting out in Hollywood to a wry observation that a telephone book is full of facts but not a single idea. For more on money struggles, see our Afford quotes.
Nicholas I has been called 'Genghis Khan with a telegraph.' Stalin was 'Genghis Khan with a telephone.' But Mr. Putin is not Genghis Khan with a BlackBerry.
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We began a series of court battles for nine months, while I was attending classes by telephone.
I've suffered from all of the hang-ups known, and none is as bad as the telephone.
My workspace is defined by books, ephemera, quiet and light. I don't have a computer, telephone or a fax machine there.
Accident Quotes
He and Reagan were not at all alike, because Reagan is an optimist and Dick Nixon wasn't. Yet in some ways they were alike. Neither really liked to talk on the telephone, for instance. And, in a lot of respects,...
When I'm governor... I'll be the first governor with a listed telephone number.
I set up my own trading center in my Cabot dorm room... with my computer, my fax machine, and my telephone.
Afford Quotes
Cable and satellite businesses are competing against fixed-line telephone companies and wireless companies.
Lei Feng is reported to have died in a freak accident in 1962 - struck by a falling telephone pole.
The difference between utility and utility plus beauty is the difference between telephone wires and the spider web.
I often say that 'Design Matters' began in February 2005 with an idea and a telephone line.
Against Quotes
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Other entries recall a dorm-room trading desk wired up with a fax machine and telephone, and a lighter aside about being addressed as 'sir' by telephone operators since childhood. Together they show how a simple device shaped work, respect, and daily life.
