British Quote by Frank Carson

Telephone operators have called me 'sir' since I was 6.

— Suzanne Pleshette

“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

“No,” I said slowly, trying to put the brakes on my escalating heart beat, “I did not give you my number last night.” Why…

— Raine Miller

... ah, one favor: if he telephones again, tell him it's no use, that I've gone out ...

— Alfonsina Storni

I have this thing I used to say at home and in the office: If somebody is calling, unless it's somebody who can fire…

— John Skipper

There's random people calling my phone: 'Your mother gave me your number.' My mother has tried to set me up so many times long-distance.

— Yvonne Orji

I'm notorious for only using my mobile phone for outgoing calls: nobody knows my London number and I certainly don't do anything online.

— Kenneth Clarke

“Too often I have made the mistake of sending an irritable response, which will festered and angered the other endmuch more than a difficult…

— New Market Leader Upper-Intermediate

“You added yourself to my contacts list?’ I gasp. When did he do that? I mentally sprint through our meeting, settling on my visit…

— Jodi Ellen Malpas

“Damn and blast British Telecom," shouted Dirk, the words coming easily from force of habit.”

— Douglas Adams

The telephone is the greatest nuisance among conveniences, the greatest convenience among nuisances.

— Robert Staughton Lynd

“A phone call should be a convenience to the caller, not an inconvenience to the called.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana