--- title: "4 Cell phone Quotes By Penny Reid" description: "4 Cell phone quotes by Penny Reid. Plus more from Penny Reid and more Cell phone sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fd/penny-reid-1063_cell-phone_that-is-why-i-don-t-want-a-cell-phone-i_708163.jpg" --- > [“That is why I don't want a cell phone. I don't want a droopy fin.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penny-reid/that-is-why-i-don-t-want-a-cell-phone-i-don-t-want-a-droopy-fin/) [Penny Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penny-reid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fd/penny-reid-1063_cell-phone_that-is-why-i-don-t-want-a-cell-phone-i_708163.jpg) > [“I draw the line at a cell phone. If I want social media, I’ll join a book club. I will not be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penny-reid/i-draw-the-line-at-a-cell-phone-if-i-want-social-media-i-ll-join-a/) [Penny Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penny-reid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1eb/penny-reid-1063_book-club_i-draw-the-line-at-a-cell-phone-if-i-wan_787552.jpg) > [“Shelly doesn’t have a cell phone?” Roscoe crossed his arms.“How does she survive?” “Air, food, and shelter, I suspect.” Billy sent our youngest brother a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penny-reid/shelly-doesn-t-have-a-cell-phone-roscoe-crossed-his-arms-how-does-she/) [Penny Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penny-reid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3a/penny-reid-1063_brother_shelly-doesn-t-have-a-cell-phone-roscoe_2762175.jpg) > [“One of the nice things - or not so nice things, depending on your perspective - about not having a cell phone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penny-reid/one-of-the-nice-things-or-not-so-nice-things-depending-on-your/) [Penny Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penny-reid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/946/penny-reid-1063_cell-phone_one-of-the-nice-things-or-not-so-nice-th_3218983.jpg) ## Other authors on Cell phone - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-martin-cooper-64681.jpg) Martin Cooper 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cell-phone/martin-cooper/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-maggie-stiefvater-62633.jpg) Maggie Stiefvater 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cell-phone/maggie-stiefvater/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-julie-james-54346.jpg) Julie James 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cell-phone/julie-james/) - [Steven Magee 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cell-phone/steven-magee/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-andrew-strauss-13078.jpg) Alex Low 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cell-phone/alex-low/) - [Jarod Kintz 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cell-phone/jarod-kintz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-j-t-ellison-1281.jpg) J.T. Ellison 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cell-phone/j-t-ellison/) ## More by Penny Reid > [“No. Since I first saw you. Since I first laid eyes on you and felt sorry for every beautiful thing that was made no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penny-reid/no-since-i-first-saw-you-since-i-first-laid-eyes-on-you-and-felt/) [Penny Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penny-reid/) > [“I didn't care about embarrassing myself further. What was one more debit of mortification when my balance sheet was already in the red by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penny-reid/i-didn-t-care-about-embarrassing-myself-further-what-was-one-more/) [Penny Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penny-reid/) > [“He was the dehydrated horse. He had to drink water himself. He had to want it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penny-reid/he-was-the-dehydrated-horse-he-had-to-drink-water-himself-he-had-to/) [Penny Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penny-reid/) > [“she’s too quiet about it.” “Isn’t that the point of leading by example?” Kat frowned at her ball of yarn, more of a tangled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penny-reid/she-s-too-quiet-about-it-isn-t-that-the-point-of-leading-by-example/) [Penny Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penny-reid/) > [“Boy bands are sent by God to aid women of all ages in their quest to avoid reality, but specifically to trick young women…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penny-reid/boy-bands-are-sent-by-god-to-aid-women-of-all-ages-in-their-quest-to/) [Penny Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penny-reid/) > [“Because knowledge is only a cage if you dwell in isolation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penny-reid/because-knowledge-is-only-a-cage-if-you-dwell-in-isolation/) [Penny Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penny-reid/) > [“Breathless and Wretched, the new fragrance by Calvin Klein.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penny-reid/breathless-and-wretched-the-new-fragrance-by-calvin-klein/) [Penny Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penny-reid/) > [“Proposing is like giving someone your dick and a sharp knife, then waiting to see what they do next.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penny-reid/proposing-is-like-giving-someone-your-dick-and-a-sharp-knife-then/) [Penny Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penny-reid/) > [“I felt abruptly as though I’d just been peed on. I didn’t want to be peed on. \*\*\*”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penny-reid/i-felt-abruptly-as-though-i-d-just-been-peed-on-i-didn-t-want-to-be/) [Penny Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penny-reid/) > [“Why are heroines in romantic novels—despite their cleanliness and enviable lifestyles—so unlikeable? It’s like they’ve been hit with a vanilla ninny stick, devoid of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penny-reid/why-are-heroines-in-romantic-novels-despite-their-cleanliness-and/) [Penny Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penny-reid/) > [“this post-modern individualism is harmful, that we—Western society—have become lazy in our dependencies and relationships. To say, ‘Don’t attempt to love another until you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penny-reid/this-post-modern-individualism-is-harmful-that-we-western-society/) [Penny Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penny-reid/) > [“You’re a good kisser.” It sounded like an accusation. I shrugged, giving her a satisfied smile. “I practice.” Her gaze sharpened. “Oh?” “Yes. With my pillow. And a watermelon that one time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penny-reid/you-re-a-good-kisser-it-sounded-like-an-accusation-i-shrugged-giving/) [Penny Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penny-reid/) > [“Why do you look like that, Duane?" "Like what, Cletus?" "Like your heart is diseased.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penny-reid/why-do-you-look-like-that-duane-like-what-cletus-like-your-heart-is/) [Penny Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penny-reid/) > [“I was planning to sort my comic books based on level of second wave feminist influence.” “As opposed to first wave?” “Yes, well, Susan…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penny-reid/i-was-planning-to-sort-my-comic-books-based-on-level-of-second-wave/) [Penny Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penny-reid/) > [“\*fist bump\* \*high five\* \*bottom pat\* … too far?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penny-reid/fist-bump-high-five-bottom-pat-too-far/) [Penny Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penny-reid/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cell-phone/penny-reid/#itemlist", "name": "4 Cell phone Quotes By Penny Reid", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“That is why I don't want a cell phone. 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