People thought I was crazy thinking about a phone you can just put in your pocket. — Martin Cooper Crazy Copy Share Image
If you asked me what the most important thing in my life is, it's learning. — Martin Cooper Important Copy Share Image
I'm a science-fiction fan. All science fiction ends up being reality. — Martin Cooper Being Copy Share Image
The instruction manual for my Motorola phone is bigger and heavier than the phone. — Martin Cooper Heavier Copy Share Image
I have a mantra that people are naturally, fundamentally and inherently mobile. — Martin Cooper Fundamentally Copy Share Image
As soon as I get a typical day, I'll know I'm in trouble. I like doing different things all the time. — Martin Cooper Day Copy Share Image
There is no reason why T-Mobile can't be successful on its own and the only real reason AT&T would want to own… — Martin Cooper More Copy Share Image
What we did with this mobile telephone was create a revolution. Before the mobile phone existed we were calling a place, now… — Martin Cooper Create Copy Share Image
The only thing that was in my mind when we made that first phone call was, 'Is it going to work?' We… — Martin Cooper Iron Copy Share Image
There were a lot of naysayers over the years. People would say, 'Why are we spending all of this money? Are you… — Martin Cooper Money Copy Share Image
I like to think about the future and how things can be done better than they are now. That's what engineers do. — Martin Cooper Better Copy Share Image
The only thing I don't like is being called the 'grandfather of the cellphone' because that makes me a little older than… — Martin Cooper Being Copy Share Image
I think young people don't appreciate that when you're in your 70s, you'll lose patience for techie stuff and you may decide… — Martin Cooper Lose Copy Share Image
Wireless is freedom. It's about being unleashed from the telephone cord and having the ability to be virtually anywhere when you want… — Martin Cooper Ability Copy Share Image
When you are doing one thing - talking on your phone, texting, whatever - you are automatically not doing something else. What… — Martin Cooper Oil Copy Share Image
Just think of what a world it would be if we could measure the characteristics of your body when you get sick… — Martin Cooper Body Copy Share Image
People want to talk to other people - not a house, or an office, or a car. Given a choice, people will… — Martin Cooper Car Copy Share Image
It doesn't take a cell phone to make a person rude. There are rude people all over the place. But people are… — Martin Cooper Cell phone Copy Share Image
As I walked down the street while talking on the phone, sophisticated New Yorkers gaped at the sight of someone actually moving… — Martin Cooper Alone Copy Share Image
As I walked down the street while talking on the phone, sophisticated New Yorkers gaped at the sight of someone actually moving… — Martin Cooper Cellular Copy Share Image
Just suppose that you could do a physical examination, not every year, which people do and which is almost worthless, but every… — Martin Cooper Body Copy Share Image
Even though you can't get along without your smartphone, there are not many essential services on your smartphone. They're mostly convenience; you… — Martin Cooper Attack Copy Share Image
My rule is, if you want to build something that does all things for all people, it's not going to work real… — Martin Cooper Build Copy Share Image
Anyone who dials a phone while driving is flirting with death. And anyone who texts while driving is insane. — Martin Cooper Death Copy Share Image
I'd been taking things apart and inventing things since I was a little kid... I still have memories as a child trying… — Martin Cooper Children Copy Share Image
I have trouble going to sleep at night, because you always get the feeling that there is another thing you could do. — Martin Cooper Always Copy Share Image
I do like to get away from technology. I still read a lot. Having said that, most of my reading is on… — Martin Cooper Computers Copy Share Image
Just remember, in 1973, we had no digital cameras, no personal computers, no Internet. The thought of putting a billion transistors in… — Martin Cooper Cell phone Copy Share Image
I think projects often fail because people do not have a clear understanding at the start what they are trying to deliver. — Martin Cooper Fail Copy Share Image
I think an engineer has not matured until he or she has conceived of a product and participated in every stage of… — Martin Cooper Engineer Copy Share Image
The optimum telephone is one that I think some day is gonna be embedded behind your ear. It's gonna have an extraordinarily… — Martin Cooper Cell phone Copy Share Image
What's the biggest function of a cell phone? What does a cell phone do for humanity? It makes people more productive. — Martin Cooper Cell phone Copy Share Image
The first cellular systems didn't become commercially available until 1983. Most of the phones before then were in fact car phones. — Martin Cooper Become Copy Share Image
Yes, I was the one people credit with inventing the cell phone. Now, whenever anyone gets a dropped call, they blame me. — Martin Cooper Blame Copy Share Image
The more we learn about new communications, the more capacity we need, and that is going to keep going on forever. That's… — Martin Cooper Communication Copy Share Image
If you think you can experience the power of the Internet on a 1-inch screen, you've got to be out of your… — Martin Cooper Ifs Copy Share Image
The future of cellular telephony is to make people's lives better - the most important way, in my view, will be the… — Martin Cooper Better Copy Share Image
