- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Khan
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
Gossip is nature's telephone.
- Battles
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- Nov 07, 2020
We began a series of court battles for nine months, while I was attending classes by telephone.
- Known
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've suffered from all of the hang-ups known, and none is as bad as the telephone.
- Machine
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- Nov 07, 2020
My workspace is defined by books, ephemera, quiet and light. I don't have a computer, telephone or a fax machine there.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm governor... I'll be the first governor with a listed telephone number.
- My Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
I set up my own trading center in my Cabot dorm room... with my computer, my fax machine, and my telephone.
- Competing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Cable and satellite businesses are competing against fixed-line telephone companies and wireless companies.
- Falling
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- Nov 07, 2020
Lei Feng is reported to have died in a freak accident in 1962 - struck by a falling telephone pole.
- Difference
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- Nov 07, 2020
The difference between utility and utility plus beauty is the difference between telephone wires and the spider web.
- February
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- Nov 07, 2020