Telephones Quotes - Page 14

Of course, the underlying structure of everything in England is posh. There is no in-between with these people. You have to walk a mile to find a telephone booth, but when you find it, it is built as if the senseless dynamiting of pay phones had been a serious problem at some time in the past. And a British mailbox can presumably stop a German tank.

Neal Stephenson

Past, Phones, People

"Cryptonomicon". Book by Neal Stephenson, 1999.

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Hi," Kami said to Dorothy, the head librarian…"Can you tell me where I could find the books on Satanism?" Twenty minutes later, she had Dorothy convinced that it was for a school project, and she really did not have to telephone Kami's parents.

Sarah Rees Brennan

Book, School, Parent

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Say a word, say a thousand to me on the telephone and I shall choose the wrong one to cling to as though you had said it after long deliberation when only I provoked it from you, I will cling to it from among a thousand, to be provoked and hurl it back with something I mean no more than you meant that, something for you to cling to and retreat clinging to.

William Gaddis

Mean, Long, Retreat

William Gaddis (1955). “The Recognitions: A Novel”, Harcourt

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And it's okay if you have to go away. Oh, just remember the telephone works both ways ((You and I Both))

Jason Mraz

Going Away, Remember, Okay

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On the day he unveiled the Macintosh, a reporter from Popular Science asked Jobs what type of market research he had done. Jobs responded by scoffing, "Did Alexander Graham Bell do any market research before he invented the telephone?

Walter Isaacson

Jobs, Done, Research

Walter Isaacson (2011). “Steve Jobs”, p.170, Simon and Schuster

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Things are no longer what they seem to be. My telephones are haunted, and animals whisper at me from unseen places.

Hunter S. Thompson

Animal, Unseen, Seems

Hunter S. Thompson (2011). “Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the F”, p.338, Simon and Schuster

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I do not understand why, when I ask for grilled lobster in a restaurant, I'm never served a cooked telephone.

Salvador Dali

Lobster, Restaurants, Surrealism

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The other three incoming calls were from his building superintendent, his pharmacy and a telephone survey company." "Bastards. They always call during dinner." Liv laughed as I slid the sliced steak onto a platter and topped it with sautéed vegetables. "Forget crime lords and corrupt politicians - telemarketers are the root of all evil." "Now you're getting it.

Rachel Vincent

Vegetables, Roots, Evil

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Of all man’s instruments, the most wondrous, no doubt, is the book. The other instruments are extensions of his body. The microscope, the telescope, are extensions of his sight; the telephone is the extension of his voice; then we have the plow and the sword, extensions of the arm. But the book is something else altogether: the book is an extension of memory and imagination.

Jorge Luis Borges

Memories, Book, Men

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Part of the function of memory is to forget; the omni-retentive mind will break down and produce at best an idiot savant who can recite a telephone book, and at worst a person to whom every grudge and slight is as yesterday's.

Christopher Hitchens

Memories, Book, Yesterday

Christopher Hitchens (2012). “Love, Poverty and War: Journeys and Essays”, p.109, Atlantic Books Ltd

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We'd said we'd keep in touch. But touch is not something you can keep; as soon as it's gone, it's gone. We should have said we'd keep in words, because they are all we can string between us--words on a telephone line, words appearing on a screen.

David Levithan

Life, Should Have, Gone

David Levithan (2014). “How They Met and Other Stories”, p.108, Egmont UK

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for a man of 55 who didn't get laid until he was 23 and not very often until he was 50 I think that I should stay listed via Pacific Telephone until I get as much as the average man has had

Charles Bukowski

Men, Thinking, Average

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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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It doesn't matter whether it comes in by cable, telephone lines, computor, or satellite. Everyone's going to have to deal with Disney.

Michael Eisner

Lines, Matter, One Line

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There would be far fewer accidents if we could only teach telephone poles to be more careful.

Ambrose Bierce

Would Be, Teach, Careful

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In a world of dumb terminals and telephones, networks had to be smart. But in a world of smart terminals, networks have to be dumb.

George Gilder

Smart, Dumb, World

"Why we need 'stupid' networks" by Jack Schofield, www.theguardian.com. May 21, 2003.

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Communism is just one big telephone company.

Lenny Bruce

Communism, Bigs, Company

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In terms of the stars, the only ones I cast were Billy Connolly and Pauline Collins. I was in Los Angeles working and a lot of this took place on the telephone. I'd met Maggie [Smith] once and I'd come back-stage, which I'm usually loathe to do because as an actor you don't want people coming back because you want to get home [laughs].

Dustin Hoffman

Stars, Home, People

"Quartet - Dustin Hoffman interview". Press conference, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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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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[Reviewing the New York City Telephone Directory] But it is the opinion of the present reviewer that the weakness of plot is due to the great number of characters which clutter up the pages. The Russian school is responsible for this.

Robert Benchley

Funny, New York, Humorous

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Don't call me when you're stuck in traffic. It's not my fault that radio sucks and did it ever occur to you that there wouldn't be so much traffic if people like you put down the phone and concentrated on the road... besides I can't talk now, I'm in the car behind you trying to watch a DVD.

Bill Maher

Humorous, Phones, Dvds

Bill Maher (2006). “New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer”, p.30, Rodale

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9 saw the first direct-dialed long-distance telephone call, between New York and San Francisco. Of course, back in that primitive era the parties had to speak to each other manually; today one or both ends of the conversation would be carried on by a machine.

Dave Barry

New York, Distance, Party

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What I like best about the telephone is that it keeps you in touch with people, particularly people who want to sell you magazine subscriptions in the middle of the night.

Dave Barry

Humorous, Night, Phones

"Dave Barry's Bad Habits". Book by Dave Barry, September 15, 1993.

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One son appears in stereo - a transistor in one ear and the phone in the other.

Erma Bombeck

Humorous, Son, Phones

Erma Bombeck (2013). “The Erma Bombeck Collection: If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?, Motherhood, and The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank”, p.497, Open Road Media

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Last year I gave seventy-four phone hours to soliciting baked goods for the Bake-A-Rama. I was named Top Call Girl by the League.

Erma Bombeck

Girl, Humorous, Phones

Erma Bombeck (2013). “Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession”, p.64, Open Road Media

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