“Whereas God, for reasons of His own, sometimes chooses to let the machine answer. 'The Supreme Being is unavailable to come to the phone at this time, but He wants you to know what your call is important to Him. In the meantime, for sins of pride, press one. For avarice, press two.” KnowsWantTwoImportantSometimesReasonReligionSinAnswersPrideMachinesPressesPhonesSupremeAvariceSupreme BeingSin Of Pride Author:Sherwood Anderson
“Sage advice? If you're drunk, stay away from the phone. You can't get the answering machine message back.” IfsAdviceMessagesMachinesPhonesDrunkSageAnswering Machines Author:Janeane Garofalo
“I've got a phone, answer machine, TV set, computer, hand grenade - everything you need to run a business in Los Angeles.” NeedsHandsRunningAnswersTvsComputerMachinesPhonesLos AngelesGrenade Author:Ice T
“All our technology - whether we use fax machines or computers or speak on phones or watch programs on television - is based on the premise that the essential nature of the material world is non-material.” WorldUseSpeakWatchesTechnologyTelevisionMaterialsEssentialsComputerProgramMachinesPhonesPremisesMaterial WorldFaxFax Machines Author:Deepak Chopra
“All these computers, all these handhelds, all these cell phones, all these laptops, all these servers - what we're getting out of all these connections is we're getting one machine. ... We're constructing a single, global machine.” TechnologyComputerConnectionsMachinesPhonesCellsCell PhoneLaptopsServer Author:Kevin Kelly
“I got an answering machine for my phone. . . . Now, when I'm not home and somebody calls me up . . . they hear a recording of a busy signal.” HomeMachinesBusyPhonesCall MeSignalsAnswering Machines Author:Steven Wright
“Like most people, you listen to yourself on the phone or an answering machine and you're like, 'Ugh.' So to do something with just your voice is hard.” PeopleHardVoiceMachinesPhonesListen To YourselfUghAnswering Machines Author:Angelina Jolie
“I'm definitely a child of the 21st century and I prefer texting to phone calls, but I would prefer an answering machine over all.” ChildrenCenturyMachinesPhones21st CenturyPhone CallsTextingAnswering Machines Author:Brendan Dooling
“I would drive through the desert, and there's this one spot in the desert that, every time I drove through it, I would get crazy ideas. I would either sing into the cell phone recorder or I would sing into a DAT machine.” IdeasCrazyMachinesPhonesSpotsCellsDesertCell PhoneRecordersCrazy Ideas Author:Tim Rutili
“When thinking about how to deploy kind of professional and social networking into your business, it's really not a question of if, it's a question of when. And the reason is, just think about the fact that those businesses that adopt new technologies to operate efficiently and use them to get a competitive edge are the businesses that in fact, you know, it becomes one more competitive advantage. Whether it's a fax machine or a mobile phone or a new way of doing financing or any of these things, you know, these are key things to do.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayKindReasonFactsUseSocialTechnologyKeysAdvantageMachinesPhonesEdgesThings To DoNew WaysMobileNetworkingSocial NetworkingNew TechnologySocial NetworkFinancingCompetitive AdvantageMobile PhonesKey ThingsFaxFax Machines Author:Reid Hoffman
“I have no idea how to get in touch with anyone anymore. Everyone, it seems, has a home phone, a cell phone, a regular e-mail account, a Facebook account, a Twitter account, and a Web site. Some of them also have a Google Voice number. There are the sentimental few who still have fax machines.” StillsIdeasHomeSeemsVoiceNumbersMachinesAccountsPhonesCellsNo IdeaMailGoogleSiteSentimentalCell PhoneFaxFax Machines Author:Susan Orlean
“I didn't feel like reading that night, so I went downstairs and watched a half-hour long commercial that advertised an exercise machine. They kept flashing a 1-800 number, so I called it. The woman who picked up the other end of the phone was named Michelle. And I told Michelle that I was a kid and did not need an exercise machine, but I hoped she was having a good night. That's when Michelle hung up on me. And I didn't mind a bit.” NeedsFeelsMindLongEndsKidsNightReadingBitsHoursNumbersHalfExerciseMachinesPhonesHungGood NightHalf Hours Book:The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition
“500 dollars? Fully subsidized? With a plan? I said that is the most expensive phone in the world. And it doesn't appeal to business customers because it doesn't have a keyboard. Which makes it not a very good email machine.” PeopleWorldSaidPlansStupidMachinesDollarsVery GoodPhonesCustomersAppealsExpensiveEmailStupid PeopleIphoneKeyboards Author:Steve Ballmer