If you asked me what the most important thing in my life is, it's learning. — Martin Cooper Important Copy Share Image
I'm at the doctor's office. I'm in the waiting room. And there's this guy on his cell phone, talking really loud. Does… — Martin Cooper Cell phone 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
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
We had no idea that things like Facebook and Twitter, and all these other concepts, would ever happen. — Martin Cooper Facebook Copy Share Image
Our dream was that someday nobody would talk on a wired telephone. Everybody would talk on a wireless phone. — Martin Cooper Dream Copy Share Image
I think if you have a big enough wallet you can solve anything but the key is to solve it with the… — Martin Cooper Anything Copy Share Image
The biggest innovation of all is social networking, and cellular technology is the facilitator for social networking. People are mobile; social networking… — Martin Cooper Innovation Copy Share Image
Whatever happened to courtesy? What can be so urgent that you have to look down at your phone in the middle of… — Martin Cooper Communication Copy Share Image
My wife has forced me to wear designer jeans, and I find... there must be two or three hundred different kinds of… — Martin Cooper Fashion Copy Share Image
When I go skiing, I may carry a phone, but it's there for safety purposes. I'm not one of these guys that… — Martin Cooper Chair Copy Share Image
What else is there in life but to accomplish things and to do things? Sure I like to be on a beach… — Martin Cooper Accomplish Copy Share Image
You have to immerse yourself into a product and use it in order to really understand it and that's why I have… — Martin Cooper New 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
You should not be a slave to your telephone. The technology is there to serve you, not the other way around. — Martin Cooper Around 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
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
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
The first cell phone model weighed over one kilo, and you could only talk for 20 minutes before the battery ran out.… — Martin Cooper Cell phone 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
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
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