Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true.

Many are called but few are called back.

The telephone is the greatest nuisance among conveniences, the greatest convenience among nuisances.

She had to have a telephone. There was no one to whom she wanted to talk but she had to have a telephone.

The more we elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.

I don't answer the phone. I get the feeling whenever I do that there will be someone on the other end.

There are huge creative advantages in having huge chunks of time when no one can find you. Emails and phones have diluted the experience of travel.

Today the telephone takes precedence over everything. It reaches a point of terrorism, particularly at dinnertime.

The real motive behind the popularity of cell phones is not convenience, but a base desire to be self-important. Cell-phone babblers are never really able to be present 'in the moment', since they are constantly trying to impress an audience with the implication that behind these mysterious phone calls very important things are taking place.

In heaven, when the blessed use the telephone they will say what they have to say and not a word besides.