#phone

I need to go someplace faraway that doesn't have telephones and doesn't have a record player and doesn't have movie theaters and people walking down the street in order to not do anything. ↗

— Will Oldham

#down #faraway #go #i #movie

People used what they called a telephone because they hated being close together and they were scared of being alone. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#because #being #being alone #called #close

I used my mother's radio as a PA system. I'd take the telephone, the speaking part, and take those two leads off and lead them into the radio and the sound would come out of the speaker. ↗

— Les Paul

#i #into #lead #leads #mother

I play a percussion instrument, not a musical saw; it needs no amplification. Where it's needed, they put a microphone in front of the bass drum. But, I don't think it's necessary to play that way every night. ↗

— Buddy Rich

#bass #drum #every #every night #front

I get on Twitter, one of my routines during the day, if I'm home is, I wake up, get a cup of coffee, turn on the Weather Channel and I'll look at what people are saying to me on Twitter on my phone. ↗

— Blake Shelton

#coffee #cup #day #during #get

People who are funny and smart and return phone calls get much better press than people who are just funny and smart. ↗

— Howard Simons

#calls #funny #get #just #much

When you explain to people what you're trying to do, as opposed to just making demands or delegating tasks, you can build instant trust, even if it's just for that short time you're on the phone. ↗

— Simon Sinek

#demands #even #explain #instant #just

We saw very little of the real Jack Buck behind the microphone. He would touch people in ways that we will never know. Jack was much more than just an announcer. ↗

— Ozzie Smith

#behind #buck #jack #just #know

Two of the cruelest, most primitive punishments our town deals out to those who fall from favor are the empty mailbox and the silent telephone. ↗

— Hedda Hopper

#deals #empty #fall #favor #most

The potential for the saxophone is unlimited. ↗

— Steve Lacy

#saxophone #unlimited