Text message Quote by Michael Finkel Download Open image ““And what about a text message? Isn't that just using a telephone as a telegraph?”” — Michael Finkel ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Text message
“He has a frightening aversion to text messaging in general. "It's a phone. It's for making calls, not for writing novels".” — Patrick Carman Copy Share Image
“I don’t see why one can’t simply rely on the telegram,” Whyborne said, eyeing the telephone with an air of distrust. “Why on earth… — Jordan L. Hawk Copy Share Image
“...these phones are not for transmitting literature; they are news lines, dedicated to the who, the what, the when, the where, and sometimes, perhaps,… — Amy Rowland 2 Copy Share Image
For a brief time in the 1850s, the telegraph companies of England and the United States thought that they could (and should) preserve every… — James Gleick 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
“The telephone is a modern symbol for communications which never take place” — Lawrence Durrell Copy Share Image
“Mark my words. The telephone will never become a practical necessity.” — Lisa Harris Copy Share Image
“What’s not so great is that all this technology is destroying our social skills. Not only have we given up on writing letters to… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
“There are smiles that actually travel along telephone wires, although no engineer at Bell Laboratories could explain how it works.” — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
“People have become so accustomed to texting that they're actually startled when the phone rings. It's like we suddenly all have Bat-phones. If it… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
“If someone takes the time to text, you damned well better be kind enough to check it.” — Melissa Foster Copy Share Image
I never do formal interviews. I don't use a tape recorder. I take notes but occasionally. — Michael Finkel Copy Share Image
“He has seen the bottomless nonsense of our world and has decided, like most of us, to simply try to tolerate it. He appears… — Michael Finkel Copy Share Image
America might be the land of second chances, but it ain't the land of third chances. — Michael Finkel Copy Share Image
“The American essayist William Deresiewicz wrote that “no real excellence, personal or social, artistic, philosophical, scientific, or moral, can arise without solitude.” — Michael Finkel Copy Share Image
“The first great literary work about solitude, the Tao Te Ching, was written in ancient China, likely in the sixth century B.C., by a… — Michael Finkel Copy Share Image
There have always been hermits: people who want to get away from other humans. Literally, some of the first extant books and poems found… — Michael Finkel Copy Share Image
I think many people have this sense that something about modern society - the screens, the noise, the traffic, the constant busyness - has… — Michael Finkel Copy Share Image
I'd lied many times: to bolster my credentials, to elicit sympathy, to make myself appear less ordinary. — Michael Finkel Copy Share Image
“He never bothered listening to sports; the bored him, every one of them.” — Michael Finkel Copy Share Image
Who on earth is going to use 'utilize' in a text message, a whopping seven characters including the always-hard-to-type 'z,' when you can say… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
“He holds his hands up. ‘OK, OK. I was only asking. I do still care about you, you know. I know things haven’t worked… — Laura Marshall Copy Share Image
I'm boRed out of my mind, so herE I Am, taLking to some of my friends in my contacts List. you are one, so… — Guardian Copy Share Image
“rant to Yasmin as I thump out the text message to my boyfriend Stuart.” — Claire Douglas Copy Share Image
“He left school without even sending you a text message saying 'I hope you enjoy the beautiful scenery on your trip through Dumpslandia.” — Justine Larbalestier Copy Share Image
My bank sends me a text message with my balance every morning. Our mutual understanding is so cool that they don't even add LOL… — Mohammed Bhat Copy Share Image
I don't really like to write anywhere but my own apartment. I send a lot of text messages to myself as email when I'm… — Chelsea Martin Copy Share Image
“The store was empty, without a single customer or employee. It appeared in the Internet age, pianos, like physical books, were fast becoming culturally… — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
“People ask me, “Why don’t you call in the blind?” I ask them, “Would you call with Phil Robertson in your blind?” It’s like… — Willie Robertson Copy Share Image
I hate when I send a long text message, and the person only replies to that one unimportant part. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Thank you to my family, my fans and fans of other teams for their support. The NFL is a fraternity of brothers and I… — Adrian Peterson Copy Share Image
