Aspirational Quote by Asne Seierstad

“You can never tell how you sound over the phone, that evil piece of machinery, and I would stop using one, we all would,…

— Brock Clarke

“Mark my words. The telephone will never become a practical necessity.”

— Lisa Harris

“I go out on the side of a hill, maybe hunting deer, and sit there and see the shadow of night coming over the…

— James Dickey

“Goddamn it, do it yourself. You’re five hundred years old and you can’t use a telephone? Read the directions. What are you, an immortal…

— Anne Rice

“And what about a text message? Isn't that just using a telephone as a telegraph?”

— Michael Finkel

“That’s one of the problems with young people today. No one has bothered to teach them the rudiments of proper telephone etiquette.”

— J.A. Jance

“What’s not so great is that all this technology is destroying our social skills. Not only have we given up on writing letters to…

— Ellen DeGeneres

“I called, but the phones were all tied up. And so were the operators who normally answer them. Some were even gagged too.”

— Jarod Kintz

“And so we turn off the telephone during this program and do not answer the knock at the door that rarely comes.”

— Lydia Davis

“America's phones are bliss. Their habit of actually working is very disconcerting: Put in a coin, and speak to whoever answers. I truly hope…

— Jonathan Gash

“I almost died. Fortunately, my mother was a nurse. She gave me a shot of something, and things turned out brilliantly.” Lucky me, I…

— Tiffanie DeBartolo

“It may be there’s such a thing as a tool than can’t be used as a weapon, but I’ve never met one.”

— Matthew Stover