#phone

I think we have the attention span of a gnat. You know, with cell phones and Twitter. ↗

— Jeff Daniels

#attention span #cell #cell phones #i #i think

I've played every instrument you could possibly think of for 10 minutes. So I'm mediocre at everything. I can play drums, guitar, piano, violin, saxophone, clarinet, flute... Just not well. ↗

— Kat Dennings

#could #drums #every #everything #flute

There have been times I've finished a big job and thought, 'Great, a couple of weeks off.' But then a couple of weeks turns to three weeks and then after a month you're staring at the phone willing it to ring. ↗

— Johnny Vegas

#been #big #couple #finished #great

I think one of my pursuits over the years is trying to answer the question of, 'What else can you do with a voice other than stand in front of a microphone and sing?' ↗

— Brian Eno

#else #front #i #i think #microphone

I started out as a receptionist. I typed, I filed, I answered the phones for a little nine-person company. ↗

— Carly Fiorina

#company #filed #i #little #out

Back then, the excise tax was designed to be a luxury tax for people who owned telephones. ↗

— Mike Fitzpatrick

#designed #luxury #owned #people #tax

My kids idea of a hard life is to live in a house with only one phone. ↗

— George Foreman

#hard #hard life #house #idea #kids

To be happy in this world, first you need a cell phone and then you need an airplane. Then you're truly wireless. ↗

— Ted Turner

#be happy #cell #cell phone #first #happy

So I got home, and the phone was ringing. I picked it up, and said 'Who's speaking please?' And a voice said 'You are.' ↗

— Tim Vine

#home #i #phone #picked #please

But then I'm one of those guys that is still a bit afraid of the telephone, its implications for conversation. I still wonder if the jukebox might be the death of live music. ↗

— Tom Waits

#bit #conversation #death #guys #i