Marlon Brando

I have never been able to remember the number of my driver's license, and there have been times when I couldn't even remember my own telephone number, but when I hear a song, sometimes only once, I never forget the melody or the lyric.

American Actor

David Mamet

There's nothing in the world more silent than the telephone the morning after everybody pans your play. It won't ring from room service; your mother won't be calling you. If the phone has not rung by 8 in the morning, you're dead.

American Dramatist

Annalee Newitz

When you consider that our technology has advanced from the first telephones to smart phones in roughly a century, it's easy to understand why it seems like tomorrow is arriving faster than it ever did.

American Journalist

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Before computers, telephone lines and television connect us, we all share the same air, the same oceans, the same mountains and rivers. We are all equally responsible for protecting them.

American Actress

Ray Bradbury

My personal telephone book is a book of the dead now. I'm so old. Almost all of my friends have died, and I don't have the guts to take their names out of the book.

American Writer

Brian Acton

You have a certain identity that you present to the world on Facebook, and you have a certain identity that you present with the telephone, and they are different.

American Businessman

Niklas Zennstrom

We have just started, and if you compare the number of people using Skype to the number using a telephone network around the world, we're still just starting.

Swedish Scientist

Chuck Palahniuk

People used what they called a telephone because they hated being close together and they were scared of being alone.

American Novelist

Ogden Nash

Middle age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn't for you.

American Poet

Fran Lebowitz

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

Used to describe both the physical device and its function in enabling communication.

Technological Noun

Can be used as a singular noun for one device or in plural form when referring to multiple devices.

Singular or Plural

Once a symbol of advancement, now represents an essential part of everyday life.

Culturally Ubiquitous

Signifies the action of initiating a conversation with someone remotely.

Active Communication

Implies expecting to talk to someone directly and receive instant feedback.

Immediate Response

Often used in formal or business contexts, suggesting a serious or purposeful conversation.

Formal Contexts

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