Telephone Quotes

The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink.

Fran Lebowitz

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

Robert Staughton Lynd

Life with Mary was like being in a telephone booth with an open umbrella - No matter which way you turned, you got it in the eye.

Jean Ke

I am years gone from my family and miles away... but they raid by telephone with jarring suddenness they have the cyclic constancy of a mortgage and they are inevitable and relentless, like the erosion of my remaining youth. Like certain frightening dreams, my family returns.

Jerrold Mundis

Many a man wishes he were strong enough to tear a telephone book in half - Especially if he has a teenage daughter.

Guy Albert Lombardo

Utility is when you have one telephone, luxury is when you have two, opulence is when you have three - And paradise is when you have none.

Doug Larson

An actor who knows his business ought to be able to make the London telephone directory sound enthralling.

Donald Sinden