Quote by Douglas Adams Download Open image ““This was a public telephone so it was clearly an oversight that it was working at all.”” — Douglas Adams ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“The phone wavered in Richard's hand. He was holding it about half an inch away from his ear anyway because it seemed that somebody… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“And what about a text message? Isn't that just using a telephone as a telegraph?” — Michael Finkel Copy Share Image
“Telephone did not come into existence from the persistent improvement of the postcard.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“The telephone was not yet at that date as commonly in use as it is today. And yet habit requires so short a time… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
“Mark my words. The telephone will never become a practical necessity.” — Lisa Harris Copy Share Image
“You're right, it was a bad phone," I said, lifting an eyebrow. "Look at it, lying there, all superior. The phone had it coming.” — Molly Harper Copy Share Image
“Some days, I was instructed not to pick up the phone at all. I would take down the messages left on the machine; bring… — S.E. Anderson Copy Share Image
“To be fair, she called this morning. I stared at the phone. Circled it on my bed. And, eventually, it stopped ringing. If it… — Kelley York Copy Share Image
“I did not get why the world needed the third ecosystem in phones, unless we changed the rules.” — Satya Nadella Copy Share Image
“Do you know what is our problem? We know everything about our weapons, but we know nothing about how to use a telephone.” — Asne Seierstad Copy Share Image
“I frowned at my phone. When all else fails, stare mopily at technology.” — M. Pierce Copy Share Image
2,000 years ago one man got nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be if everyone was nice to each other… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
What a wonderfully exciting cough,' said the little man, quite startled by it, 'do you mind if I join you?' And with that he… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
The technology involved in making anything invisible is so infinitely complex that nine hundred and ninety-nine billion, nine hundred and ninety-nine million, nine hundred… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
There are some oddities in the perspective with which we see the world. — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“Eight hours West sat a man alone on a beach mourning an inexplicable loss. He could only think of his loss in little packets… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“The Universe, the whole infinite Universe. The infinite suns, the infinite distances between them, and yourself an invisible dot on an invisible dot, infinitely… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
People always make this totally artificial distinction between what is commercial and what is good. They quote that maxim "Nobody ever lost money underestimating… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
"Does God know he [exists]?" "Of course he does. Otherwise, you could not have asked the question, and I could not have answered." — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“When we told our guide that we didn't want to go to all the tourist places he took us instead to the places where… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image