#telephone

The difference between utility and utility plus beauty is the difference between telephone wires and the spider web. ↗

— Edwin Way Teale

#between #difference #plus #spider #telephone

I think Gore does have to worry. He is tied to Bill Clinton. We know that there were telephone calls that he made from his office. We know that there were visits to the Buddhist temple. ↗

— Barbara Olson

#bill clinton #buddhist #calls #clinton #does

I think that audio and video over the internet in the sense of teleconferencing and telephone calls. Maybe we'll actually have picture phone through your work station. ↗

— Jon Postel

#audio #calls #i #i think #internet

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

The dirty little secret of journalism is that it really isn't a profession, it's a craft. All you need is a telephone and a conscience and you're all set. ↗

— Andrew Sullivan

#craft #dirty #journalism #little #need

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 Internet is a telephone system that's gotten uppity. ↗

— Clifford Stoll

#gotten #internet #system #telephone

I've suffered from all of the hang-ups known, and none is as bad as the telephone. ↗

— Richard Armour

#hang-ups #i #known #none #suffered

This was before voice mail, recorded phone messages you can't escape. Life was easier then. You just didn't pick up the phone. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

#life #nostalgia #technology #telephone #communication

Telephone books are, like dictionaries, already out of date the moment they are printed.... ↗

— Ammon Shea

#phone-book #telephone-directory #dating