#phone

If you like an instrument that sings, play the saxophone. At its best it's like the human voice. ↗

— Stan Getz

#human #human voice #instrument #like #play

What are you doing here, anyway? You don’t strike me as the speed dating type.’ ‘I lost a bet with Alfie,’ he says. ‘You met him at The Cow that day . . .?’ Waistcoat Guy, I think, nodding. ‘I said to him that if you didn’t text me back then I’d try speed dating, because I’m officially the worst single man in London.’ ‘You’re not!’ I say. ‘I mean, it wasn’t a bad date. I was just . . .’ ‘Don’t say you were drunk! It’s the biggest post-sex insult ever.’ ‘. . . drunk, I mean drinking, a bit more than I ought, and I was, uh, cringing at the thought that I’d been a nightmare date.’ ‘No. You were great,’ says Mark/Skinny Jeans. ‘Actually, the biggest post-sex insult is “we did?”’ says Robert. ‘But that’s another story. ↗

— Gemma Burgess

#robert-on-the-phone #speed-dating #dating

I don't believe in e-mail. I rarely use a cell phone and I don't have a fax. ↗

— Seth Green

#cell #cell phone #e-mail #fax #i

I have Graham Greene's telephone number, but I wouldn't dream of using it. I don't seek out writers because we all want to be alone. ↗

— Patricia Highsmith

#because #dream #graham #greene #i

When I was to come to Washington the first time as Music Director of the Boston Symphony, Mrs. Johnson phoned us to find out if they could give us a party and who we would like to meet. ↗

— Erich Leinsdorf

#come #could #director #find #first

Stay humble. Always answer your phone - no matter who else is in the car. ↗

— Jack Lemmon

#answer #car #else #humble #matter

I like to hear melodies that go from one extreme to the next- saxophone to a bell to a whistle, for instance. ↗

— Roscoe Mitchell

#extreme #go #hear #i #instance

Garbage can provide important details for hackers: names, telephone numbers, a company's internal jargon. ↗

— Kevin Mitnick

#details #garbage #hackers #important #internal

When I began listening to saxophones, I was first attracted to Coleman Hawkins. ↗

— Gerry Mulligan

#began #coleman #first #hawkins #i

My kitchen's pink, like skin-tone pink, and I lowered my spice rack so it's eye level - it's true! - and my phone, so I can reach it when I fall, it's right there. ↗

— Amy Sedaris

#eye level #fall #i #i can #kitchen