“I got a phone call saying we are from the News of the World, and we're exposing you and David Beckham. My heart did not beat for a minute.” WorldHeartMinutesMy HeartNewsBeatsPhonesPhone CallsExposingBeckham Author:Rebecca Loos
“The streets of L.A. undulate over short hills as though a finger is poking the landscape from underneath ... laid over this crosshatch are streets meandering on the diagonal creating a multitude of ways to get from one place to another by traveling along the hypotenuse. These are the avenues of the tryst which enable Acting Student A to travel the eighteen miles across town to Acting Student B's garage apartment in nine minutes flat after a hot-blooded phone call at midnight.” WayActingStreetsMinutesStudentsCreatingTownsHotFingersPhonesMilesNineHillsLandscapeFlatsLos AngelesApartmentMultitudesMidnightAvenuesEighteenPhone CallsGarageDiagonal Author:Steve Martin
“I can get any retail buyer on the phone with you and get them to verify that not a single retail location in America where there's a PlayStation 3 on the shelf for sale. They've all been sold in a matter of minutes.” I CanMatterAmericaMinutesPhonesLocationShelvesRetailBuyersVerifyPlaystationPlaystation 3 Author:Jack Tretton
“This is an age of scientific wonders. You miss somebody so you pick up the phone to say hello. Three minutes for sixty-five cents. Nobody goes broke.” AgeThreeWonderFiveMinutesMissingPicksPhonesBrokeCentsSixtyHello Book:The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz Source: The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz
“I'm fairly certain that, at this very minute, the [Mars Polar Lander] is floating somewhere around the Neptune feeling tired and cranky and looking for a Holiday Inn.Of course, you'd have to have a heart of titanium not to feel a twinge of sadness while watching those dejected NASA scientiest waiting by the phone like the class wallflower on prom week.On the other hand, it was kind of fun to watch a bunch of men waiting by the phone and seeing how they feel when someone promises they'll call and then YOU NEVER HEAR FROM HIM AGAIN.” MenFeelsHeartKindFeelingsHandsCertainCoursesFunWaitingClassWatchesSeeingWeekSadnessMinutesPromiseTiredPhonesBunchHolidayMarsFloatingNasaPromInnsCrankyNeptuneDejected Author:Celia Rivenbark
“You don't look for jobs. You don't phone up 10 clubs and say, Here I am. You are offered the job. I was in Benfica many years ago. I was leaving the training ground and I had a car after me. It went on for 10 minutes. Anyhow, he stopped and I stopped and he said, I'm from the Italian embassy. Ah yes, and what do you want? I want your phone number because Roma wants you as a manager next season. Three months later I was sitting on the bench in Roma. I don't think the rest of working society works like football.” ThinkingWantYearsLooksSaidJobsThreeNextNumbersMinutesCarFootballMonthsTrainingSittingYears AgoSeasonsLeavingPhonesClubsManagersSoccerItalianI Want YouChairmanBenchesHere I AmThree MonthsPhone NumbersEmbassySitting On The Bench Author:Sven-Goran Eriksson
“It’s like, if you can’t focus on a movie for 90 minutes without looking at your phone, then don’t go to the movies! You’ve got some issues, so you should probably stay home and work on those issues, and not distract everyone with lights, and sounds, oh my gosh, the tapping on the screens, it makes me crazy!” IfsShouldHomeLightSoundIssuesFocusCrazyMinutesPhonesScreensTappingOh My Gosh Author:Ginnifer Goodwin
“Our generation, unfortunately, is stuck to our phones - and, like, Twitter - constantly, which I have no problem with. I'd say we're not describing the children of America or anything like that, but there is something to take from it: It is kind of sad how we can't go thirty minutes without checking our phone.” KindChildrenProblemAmericaGenerationsMinutesPhonesStuckThirtyNo ProblemDescribingOur Generation Author:Israel Broussard
“People say I talk slowly. I talk in a way sometimes called laconic. The phone rings, I answer, and people ask if they've woken me up. I lose my way in the middle of sentences, leaving people hanging for minutes. I have no control over it. I'll be talking, and will be interested in what I'm saying, but then someone-I'm convinced this what happens-someone-and I wish I knew who, because I would have words for this person-for a short time, borrows my head. Like a battery is borrowed from a calculator to power a remote control, someone, always, is borrowing my head.” PeopleIfsWayPersonsSometimesHappensAsksWishLosesAnswersTalkingMiddleMinutesLeavingPhonesSentencesConvincedRingsMy WayOver ItBorrowedBorrowingShort TimeBatteriesRemote ControlCalculatorsLaconicControl Someone Book:You Shall Know Our Velocity Source: You Shall Know Our Velocity
“I explain to everyone I deal with-co-workers, children, friends-that I'm transitionally challenged and they should call me on my cell phone if I'm even a few minutes late. Such calls often come in when I'm happily writing or rearranging the furniture. The monochrones in my life are so organized, they have no trouble remembering to remind me to show up.” IfsShouldWritingChildrenShowsRememberDealsTroubleMinutesLateWorkersPhonesCellsOrganizedCall MeFurnitureCell PhoneCo WorkerRearranging Author:Martha Beck
“I get a call, and it's Howard Bingham, and he's got the champ on the line.Muhammad Ali didn't remember me from being a kid, but he was going, "Yeah, you're in bed, and you want your mama with you . . ." It really helped so much. He spent 15 or 20 minutes on the phone with me. That's a memory that I'll always cherish.” WantKidsRememberLinesMemoriesMinutesBedYeahPhonesCherishMamaMuhammadRemember MeBeing A Kid Author:Mickey Rourke
“Everyone's opinion is of equal value, which is bizarre to me. It's so hard to get anybody cast because you'll be on the phone with 15 people, and if anybody says I don't know about that guy - move on. Wait a minute, why is that person's note valid? It's such a bizarre process that's sprung up around it.” PeopleIfsKnowsPersonsHardMovingGuyValuesWaitingProcessOpinionMinutesEqualNotesCastsPhonesBizarreThat GuySprungSprung Up Author:Edward Allen Bernero
“Famous people are deceptive. Deep down, they're just regular people. Like Larry King. We've been friends for forty years. He's one of the few guys I know who's really famous. One minute he's talking to the president on his cell phone, and then the next minute he's saying to me, Do you think we ought to give the waiter another dollar?” PeopleThinkingKnowsGivingYearsGuyNextPresidentTalkingMinutesOughtKingsDollarsPhonesCellsFortyDeep DownCell PhoneLarryWaiterOne MinuteDeceptive Author:Don Rickles
“Imagine if for years your habit is to use the phone when you're having a massage on the bed, even one minute before going out to train? For 25 days I accepted this, because my first priority was to work on the field. However, I've said that from now if someone comes inside with a mobile phone, even in their bag, I'll throw it in the North Sea. They're banned.” IfsYearsFirstsSaidUseImagineSeaMinutesFieldsHabitBedTrainPhonesAcceptedPrioritiesBagsGoing OutMobileBannedMassageOne MinuteMobile PhonesNorth Sea Author:Paolo Di Canio
“I was working in a church in Florida as a youth intern, which means I really didn't do much other than staple stuff. I'm from Dallas, Texas, and every time my grandmother would call-she would call me any time of the day-I'd be home answering the phone. She was like, "What do you do all day?" and sarcastically I would say, "Well, I'm trying to chalk off the next year to spend time finding a band name." And she said, "Well mercy me, why don't you get a real job?" I thought, "Wait a minute. That's the perfect name." That kind of freed up my year but that's where the name came from.” TryingYearsWellsKindMeanSaidRealHomeJobsNextNamesStuffWaitingChurchPerfectMinutesYouthBandFindingsMercyPhonesGrandmotherCall MeTexasFloridaEnd TimesMy GrandmotherSpend TimeNext YearDallasStaplesReal JobsChalkDallas TexasAnswering The Phone Author:Bart Millard
“There was a time when we would pick up Women's Wear Daily and couldn't wait to see what it read. And now, you get it five minutes later on your iPad or your phone! The same has to apply to fashion.” WaitingFiveMinutesFashionPicksPhonesFive MinutesIpads Author:Donna Karan
“I try to meditate every day for at least 5 minutes. I put my phone on silent, sit in quiet and try and find my center.” TryingMinutesQuietSilentPhones Author:A. J. McLean