Martin Cooper

Privacy is a thing of the past.

— Martin Cooper

I only live for the future.

— Martin Cooper

Star Trek made dreaming legitimate.

— Martin Cooper

I'm always trying whatever the latest telephone is.

— Martin Cooper

If you want people to think out of the box, you shouldn't create the box in the first place.

— Martin Cooper

Cellular was the forerunner to true wireless communications.

— Martin Cooper

Cellular phones will absolutely not replace local wire systems.

— Martin Cooper

If we don't blow ourselves up, this is going to be a really wonderful world.

— Martin Cooper

I had an iPhone for a while, I gave that to my grandson. Kids are really caught up in that.

— Martin Cooper

People thought I was crazy thinking about a phone you can just put in your pocket.

— Martin Cooper

We should be focused on how to make people's lives better. That is the purpose of technology.

— Martin Cooper

The best technology is when you are free to do what you want.

— Martin Cooper

I have trouble going to sleep at night, because you always get the feeling that there is another thing you could do.

— Martin Cooper

I do like to get away from technology. I still read a lot. Having said that, most of my reading is on…

— Martin Cooper

Anyone who dials a phone while driving is flirting with death. And anyone who texts while driving is insane.

— Martin Cooper

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

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

I think projects often fail because people do not have a clear understanding at the start what they are trying to deliver.

— Martin Cooper

Just remember, in 1973, we had no digital cameras, no personal computers, no Internet. The thought of putting a billion transistors in…

— Martin Cooper

I think an engineer has not matured until he or she has conceived of a product and participated in every stage of…

— Martin Cooper

Just think of what a world it would be if we could measure the characteristics of your body when you get sick…

— Martin Cooper

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

People want to talk to other people - not a house, or an office, or a car. Given a choice, people will…

— Martin Cooper

Just suppose that you could do a physical examination, not every year, which people do and which is almost worthless, but every…

— Martin Cooper

As I walked down the street while talking on the phone, sophisticated New Yorkers gaped at the sight of someone actually moving…

— Martin Cooper

As I walked down the street while talking on the phone, sophisticated New Yorkers gaped at the sight of someone actually moving…

— Martin Cooper

There are all kinds of features that will become part of cell phones that will help us offload the more laborious things…

— Martin Cooper

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

If you asked me what the most important thing in my life is, it's learning.

— Martin Cooper

The instruction manual for my Motorola phone is bigger and heavier than the phone.

— Martin Cooper

I'm a science-fiction fan. All science fiction ends up being reality.

— Martin Cooper

I have a mantra that people are naturally, fundamentally and inherently mobile.

— Martin Cooper

I got a Motorola Droid that I use. I also have a Jitterbug.

— Martin Cooper

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

Technology has to be invisible. Transparent. Just simple.

— Martin Cooper

I wouldn't use a phone with less than a 4-inch screen anymore.

— Martin Cooper

The notion that there's finite spectrum is mostly wrong.

— Martin Cooper

The best way to get people to think outside the box is not to create the box in the first place.

— Martin Cooper

We all know how tough children are with toys. It turns out grownups are much worse.

— Martin Cooper

A telephone number shouldn't represent a home or a car or a restaurant, but instead a person.

— Martin Cooper