By an irony of fate, my first employment was as a draughtsman. I hated drawing; it was for me the very worst of annoyances. Fortunately, it was not long before I secured the position I sought, that of chief electrician to the telephone company.

You should not be a slave to your telephone. The technology is there to serve you, not the other way around.

I hate phone calls, so I believe in a telephone armistice. To me, the idea of calling someone unprompted is basically saying, 'Hey, stop whatever you're doing and talk to me right now.' If you find yourself in the middle of something, getting an unprompted annoyance is incredibly frustrating.

I often say that 'Design Matters' began in February 2005 with an idea and a telephone line.

And when your phone rings, pick it up. Open yourself up to the possibility a phone call offers. Discover this remarkable device called the telephone. It will give you a serious competitive advantage.

It was a wrong number that started it, the telephone ringing three times in the dead of night, and the voice on the other end asking for someone he was not.

I've tried plenty of telephones. I tried to get into the Samsung Galaxy and the Blackberry, but the iPhone is just too easy to use. The camera takes clear pictures and the phone itself looks great. Like all Apple products, it kind of just makes sense.

... a bell summoning us to the sacrifice.

Just because you're home, you don't have to answer the phone.

Sometimes I think with the telephone that if I concentrate enough I could pour myself into it and I'd be turned into a mist and I would rematerialize in the room of the person I'm talking to. Is that too odd for you?

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Many are called but few are called back.

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