Phones Quotes

See also Telephone Quotes

If you`re in a play and you have the same jokes to deliver, eight times a week, it`s endlessly fascinating, just trying to hit it each time, and maybe a little bit quicker, a little bit later, trying to feel the air in which you`re about to place it. To have 400 people laugh at the same time, you would go to your grave trying to get it right. And it`s also very glamorous when it`s on film, because you`re not there. I love it when a producer phones up and says: It played very well in France. They were laughing." In France."

- Bill Nighy

My phone has been ringing off the hook. I have like 17 cell phones and pagers.

- Steven Cojocaru

It feels as if you put on a many-pocketed coat with 100 cell phones, all on vibe alert, and they all start going off at random times, and you begin to think, `This is pretty uncomfortable`. You can`t possibly answer all these phones, nor should you. `Buzz` - that`s really a quite apropos word. They say it`s great for the film. Well, if it`s great for the film, that`s great. (on the "buzz" surrounding him and his performance in Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005))

- David Strathairn

To get interviews for their newscasts, I`d work the phones, calling locations to find someone I could interview when a story broke.

- Andrea Mitchell

Motorola is set to exceed the program`s target of 12 million phones, proving that there is a huge appetite for mobile communications beyond the affluent markets traditionally served by this industry. The widespread availability of ultra-low cost handsets is bringing major social and economic benefits to people who have never before had access to information and communication technologies.

- Rob Conway

But I`m acutely aware that the possibility of fraud is even more prevalent in today`s world because of the Internet and cell phones and the opportunity for instant communication with strangers.

- Armistead Maupin

ICE First was developed with the help of first responders. They know the importance of having emergency medical and contact information readily available. Now that ICE First is commercially available, we`ve decided to offer it free to first responders so they can help spread the word and encourage others to carry this potentially life-saving information on mobile phones.

- Keith Buckley

Every time a Soviet plane took off, NSA knew about it. It was pretty easy to track. Now they have to track people who use cell phones, pay phones and calling cards ... You have to be a bit optimistic to think it will work.

- James Bamford

The purpose of pay phones was to serve people in motion. Wireless phones now serve that same purpose, which is why we`re seeing a decline in pay phones throughout the United States.

- Jim Smith

I was working on one of the neighbors` phones and one of the gentlemen came up to me and said he witnessed somebody go into one of these houses, it was somebody that we knew didn`t live there.

- Steve Watson

Live Ticker fits in well with how people use mobile phones. The PointCast-type model makes a lot more sense on a mobile phone than it does on a (desktop) computer.

- Mark Donovan

Live Ticker fits in well with how people use mobile phones, ... The PointCast-type model makes a lot more sense on a mobile phone than it does on a (desktop) computer.

- Mark Donovan

Cell phones are the lifeline for teenagers. They just can`t imagine life without them, ... It`s not just a communication device for teens; it`s an entertainment device.

- Michael Wood

I finally was able to get my mom on her cell phone last night, ... She told me everybody was OK and the house was OK. It`s tough to get people on their home phones around the whole state.

- Marcus Johnson

If we have trouble with cell phones and land-line telephones, they serve as our communications element, ... We lost cells and land lines in the 2001 tornado, so we used them as our primary form of communications, with radios in different vehicles.

- David Moore

As soon as this technology became available and we knew that most of the players had phones that were capable of texting, we started doing it, ... It`s basically an unlimited use of contact we can use during a time when we aren`t allowed to telephone or visit with a recruit.

- John Barr

(Okay, turning your prospects` cell phones into ringing spam machines is probably not your idea of cultivating goodwill. And it`s not likely to happen. Unlike e-mail, mobile phones aren`t readily accessible to marketers -- mobile phone privacy is zealously guarded by big carriers like Verizon and Nextel, as well as by law. There`s an opening, however, and smart advertisers are preparing to drive a truck through it. Provided a consumer clearly opts in -- say, by dialing or text-messaging a certain number -- carriers are slowly becoming more or less amenable to letting marketers return a text message, or even an audio or video file, to that consumer`s phone. Mobile phone ads are already big in some parts of Europe and Asia, and it`s just starting to take hold here. McDonald`s and Dunkin` Donuts are among the companies that have beamed coupons to U.S. cell phones, eliciting coupon-redemption rates as high as 17%.) Mobile-phone marketing today is where Internet advertising was in 1996 -- it`s about to take off, ... There are already more mobile phones in use worldwide than televisions and computers put together.

- Michael Baker

Apparently we love our own cell phones but we hate everyone else`s.

- Joe Bob Briggs

The phones have been ringing off the hook with people wanting to get married, some as early as tomorrow, ... I still maintain it`s legal and the right thing to do.

- John Shields

IrSimple instantly connects enabled devices, eliminating the hassles found in other wireless technologies. With over 200 million IrDA-enabled mobile phones sold in 2004, IrSimple is being launched from an extremely solid base.

- Ron Brown

Everybody got on at 9 and that jammed up the system, and same thing with the phones. The longer we`ve been going, the better it`s getting. We`re hoping the line gets shorter because so many showed up today.

- Tom Collins

Cell phones are not working, land lines are not working, so communication is almost by word of mouth, ... It`s a blessing in disguise because people have started communicating with each other in a way that we used to a long time ago. `Have you seen so and so?` `Yes, I saw so and so yesterday at this place. They were at the Home Depot trying to get ice and water.` So you know that family is OK.

- Kim Crosby

If you have a 2,000-square-foot house, it probably has room for a small back entry with a bench and coat hooks, ... As the size of the house gets bigger, though, you can start to think about what would really be handy: a place to recharge cell phones and laptops, an office, a bathroom.

- Scott Gibson

The terrorists that we are up against today do not rely upon cell phones and SAT phones and emails. They rely on couriers. You cannot intercept what a courier is telling somebody.

- Oliver North

today`s mobile phones, with rich graphics and sound capabilities, are an ideal platform for an interactive version of Bullseye. We are really exited to be working with JAMDAT to bring this show to fans, both young and old, who are on the move.

- Andrew Wood

JAMDAT`s experience in creating fun and innovative games that appeal widely to wireless consumers makes them the ideal partner to bring my legendary TV quiz show, Bullseye, to mobile phones.

- Andrew Wood

Phones rang constantly, as if the White House was conducting some kind of pardon telethon.

- Barbara Olson

I was almost in tears when I walked in there and saw that I was going to be a part of that, answering the phones and hearing the joy in peoples` hearts as they were giving.

- Brian Dawkins

I am very impressed with the way Summus captured the essence of my tutorial products and integrated it into a fun, challenging mobile hold`em game. We are very excited at the prospect of imparting poker knowledge via mobile phones at any time, or any location. The product is valuable to all poker players whether they are practicing for a big tournament, or needing to access pre-flop tips while actually playing a hand online or at a real table.

- Howard Lederer

I am very impressed with the way Summus captured the essence of my tutorial products and integrated it into a fun, challenging, mobile hold`em game. We are excited at the prospect of imparting poker knowledge via mobile phones at any time or location.

- Howard Lederer

To me, that means getting back to the point where our Constitution means that you don`t tap people`s phones and poke into their e-mail and you don`t arrest people and keep them hidden for a year and a half without charging them.

- Alan Burton

Second, we`re spending a huge amount of money on technology so that everyone can check out laptops and portable phones. We`re spending more money to write our existing information into databases or onto CD-ROM.

- Ali Dakkak

From cell phones to computers, quality is improving and costs are shrinking as companies fight to offer the public the best product at the best price. But this philosophy is sadly missing from our health-care insurance system.

- Allan Collins

Now that digital lifestyle devices, tablets, wireless phones, and other Internet appliances are beginning to come of age, we need to worry about presenting our content to these devices so that it is optimized for their display capabilities.

- Amar Stoudemire

At the office, we actually don`t have a land phone line. We use Skype mostly, and mobile phones to receive calls from people not on Skype.

- Amir Johnson

We don`t have any launch dates yet for any of those platforms. It`s going to be wonderful to be able to make a Skype call from cell phones or PDAs.

- Amir Johnson

So you keep raising these taxes, and all of a sudden the business community says, `Why are we here? We can go someplace else and use their phones.` That`s one of the problems that directly affects the business community.

- Amy Zeihen

Personally, I just got one of these Vonage IP phones. It`s actually pretty cool. It comes with one of these Cisco ATA routers where you just plug an analog handset in.

- Anand K. Sahay

As a matter of fact, when compression technology came along, we thought the future in 1996 was about voice. We got it wrong. It is about voice, video, and data, and that is what we have today on these cell phones.

- Andreas Rummelt

People are very protective of their cell phones, how it`s used, where it`s used and how much it costs. It has become a very personal issue for a whole lot of people in this country.

- Andreas Theisen

As a result, we will continue to see more innovation on the Internet and on mobile phones than on consoles.

- Andrew Hacker

We completed our digital mapping a year ago; we are the only county to have that done in Montana, ... If you have a GPS chip in your phone, which most new phones do, the 9-1-1 dispatcher can identify where you are calling from.

- Andy Butler

At one point, we probably had 70 cell phones ringing at once, ... It sounded like Bally`s Park Place.

- Andy Chatha

(With) a lot of these new technologies, there`s this element of addiction whether it`s cell phones or checking your e-mail or blog. Last year, everywhere I went, like cafes and wireless nodes, everyone was checking their Facebook, posting in their Facebook groups and e-mailing.

- Angela Kubasa

The `Survivor` that`s filmed in (the fall) time range and airs in spring, you don`t know where you`re going or where it`s going to be held. They had taken our cell phones away, so our families didn`t know where we were going. We weren`t allowed to tell them. Once I got back home, I could tell my parents I had been in Panama. My sister and best friend knew I was going to be on `Survivor,` but they all had to sign confidentiality agreements with CBS. I was not allowed to contact my family the entire time, and they pretty much watched me like a hawk.

- Anita Roy

Ninety-five percent of students use cell phones. We found a small group that used it all the time; others never used it. We wanted to combine the Pocket PC and the cell phone.

- Anne Antoville

(By Wednesday morning, the Arkansas Times had changed its tune, calling for a massive federal response.) For the living, the prospects of homes, power, water, phones, jobs, ATMs, medical services, food '” any semblance of normal life '” are only the most distant dreams in New Orleans today. The 1927 flood seems to have been eclipsed in scale of destruction, ... A massive federal response is imperative.

- Anne Coates

(By Wednesday morning, the Arkansas Times had changed its tune, calling for a massive federal response.) For the living, the prospects of homes, power, water, phones, jobs, ATMs, medical services, food -- any semblance of normal life -- are only the most distant dreams in New Orleans today. The 1927 flood seems to have been eclipsed in scale of destruction, ... A massive federal response is imperative.

- Anne Coates

You walk around and see people studying their phones like religious documents, ... It`s not hard to see where all this is going.

- Anne Colvin Winters

We just transferred all the phones this morning, (and) we are inundated with calls right now.

- Annie Evans