Answering Machines Quotes - Page 3

• I have a friend of mine who does me on his answering machine, and when I call him, I answer. It's pretty strange.

  Christopher Walken

  Machines, Answers, Doe

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• I don't really have time to sit down and write. But when I think of a melody, I call up my answering machine and sing it, so I won't forget it.

  Britney Spears

  Writing, Thinking, Machines

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• The breakup of Bell laid the foundation for every important communications revolution since the 1980s onward. There was no way of knowing that thirty years on we would have an Internet, handheld computers, and social networking, but it is hard to imagine their coming when they did, had the company that bured the answering machine remained intact.

  Tim Wu

  Breakup, Communication, Knowing

  Tim Wu (2010). “The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires”, p.119, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• Fax me a fact and I'll telegram a hologram or telephone the son of man and tell him he is done. Leave a message on his answering machine telling him there are none. God and I are one. Times moon. Times star. Times sun. The factor is me. You remember me.

  Saul Williams

  Stars, Son, Moon

  Saul Williams (2006). “The Dead Emcee Scrolls: The Lost Teachings of Hip-Hop”, p.65, Simon and Schuster

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• Phone are wonderful instruments, but I wouldn't want our daughter to marry one.

  Erma Bombeck

  Daughter, Humorous, Phones

  Erma Bombeck, Bil Keane (2011). “Just Wait Till You Have Children of Your Own!”, p.95, Fawcett

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• [Answering the phone] Hello, this is a recording, you've dialed the right number, now hang up and don't do it again.

  Frank Sinatra

  Humorous, Phones, Numbers

  "Fictional character: Danny Ocean". "Ocean's 11", www.imdb.com. 1960.

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• Since I've made it to 87 so far, obviously my two kids and my seven grandchildren haven't been too hard on me. On the other hand, the fact that I have an unlisted phone number and move a lot might have something to do with it.

  George Burns

  Humorous, Moving, Kids

  George Burns (1983). “How to Live to be 100--or More: The Ultimate Diet, Sex, and Exercise Book”, Putnam Publishing Group

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• I wish I was a phone machine. I wish if I saw somebody on the street I didn't want to talk to I could just go, "Excuse me, I'm not here right now, If you just leave a message, I can walk away."

  Jerry Seinfeld

  Humorous, Phones, Wish

  "Seinfeld". Season 2, Episode 4: "The Phone Message", 1989-1999.

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• Tell me about yourself - your struggles, your dreams, your telephone number.

  Peter Arno

  Dream, Humorous, Struggle

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• As expected, you get his machine. Someday, even the "call of nature" will be answered by a machine.

  Tom Robbins

  Humorous, Phones, Machines

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• I don't even like hearing my own voice on an answering machine.

  China Chow

  Voice, Hearing, Machines

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• That's the great thing about a tractor. You can't really hear the phone ring.

  Jeff Foxworthy

  Humorous, Phones, Comedy

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