Phones Quotes - Page 25

• I can't give money away to buy listeners. I can't pay listeners off with phones or food stamps or anything. I can't come by my audience by buying it.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Giving, Pay, Buying

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• Don't write anything you can phone. Don't phone anything you can talk. Don't talk anything you can whisper. Don't whisper anything you can smile. Don't smile anything you can nod. Don't nod anything you can wink.

  Earl Long

  Happiness, Smile, Laughter

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• During breakfast there is something I cannot resist, apart from my boyfriend - it's actually the phone. I have a phone breakfast. Always. I call friends, boyfriend, family. Checking who is where. 'Is everything fine?' This is breakfast.

  Christian Louboutin

  My Boyfriend, Breakfast, Fine

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• I sketch literally all the time; constructing a collection is like building a family - you have to have a certain balance. I isolate myself - I need to be concentrated for this so I leave Paris, I leave to a place without a phone.

  Christian Louboutin

  Paris, Balance, Needs

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• I am a giant proponent of giant screens. But I accept the fact that most of my movies are going to be seen on phones.

  George Lucas

  Giants, Facts, Accepting

  "A Conversation with George Lucas" by Richard Corliss, March 14, 2006.

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• The Clinton White House today said they would start to give national security and intelligence briefings to George Bush. I don't know how well this is working out. Today after the first one Bush said, 'I've got one question: What color is the red phone?'

  Bill Maher

  Color, White, Giving

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• The most impactful way consumers can assert their power is to become mindful shoppers, giving their dollars only to socially responsible companies. In today’s world of social media and smart phones, this is easy to do.

  Simon Mainwaring

  Smart, Media, Giving

  "10 Actions Consumers Can Take to Reinvent Capitalism" by Simon Mainwaring, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 7, 2011.

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• I don't mind if somebody texts me but I'm not a big texter, the things are too small. I don't mind if they text, '7 o'clock,' that's fine, that's logistics but, 'What's up?' Get real! Pick up a phone!

  Penny Marshall

  Real, Mind, Logistics

  "Penny Marshall talks cancer, abortion, reconciling with 'Laverne & Shirley co-star in new memoir". Interview with Nicki Gostin, www.foxnews.com. October 4, 2012.

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• I don't do things lightly, I don't take a job then just phone it in, I've never done that.

  Ewan McGregor

  Jobs, Done

  "Oh dear, Ewan". Interview with Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. May 15, 2008.

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• It's really annoying when you're trying to get to know someone and she doesn't pay attention to you because she's obsessed with her phone.

  Cory Monteith

  Trying, Attention, Pay

  "Fun Fearless Males 2011: Cory Monteith". Interview with Korin Miller, www.cosmopolitan.com. March 7, 2011.

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• I travel the world visiting global health programs as an ambassador for the global health organization, PSI, and sometimes the disconnect I see is truly striking: people can get cold Coca Cola, but far too infrequently malaria drugs; most own mobile phones, but don't have equal access to pre-natal care.

  Mandy Moore

  Organization, People, Drug

  "U.S. Foreign Health Investments Improve Lives Abroad — And Here at Home" by Mandy Moore, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 4, 2011.

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• I'm interested to see what happens with Fox News and phone hacking. I really can't believe it just happens in Great Britain. Because really, who cares about just hacking phones over there?

  Michael Moore

  Believe, Care, Fox News

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• I get a phone call once every 18 months from some mad person who wants me to do something for less than no money and they give me about a week's notice. That's my film career, most of the time.

  Dylan Moran

  Careers, Giving, Mad

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• Certain kinds of intimacy emerge on a phone call that might never occur if you were sitting right next to the other person.

  Errol Morris

  Might, Next, Phone Calls

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• I don't have a BlackBerry or whatever you call it. And there is something to be said for being isolated and out of phone range, because you can fall into a habit to such a degree that you don't even realise that you've lost something: silence.

  Viggo Mortensen

  Fall, Silence, Degrees

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• If you think back to the beginning of cell phones, laptops or really any new technology, it's always expensive.

  Elon Musk

  Technology, Thinking, Cells

  "Extended Interview: Tesla Motors Chairman Elon Musk". Interview with Spencer Michels, www.pbs.org. June 25, 2008.

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• I do think there is a lot of potential if you have a compelling product and people are willing to pay a premium for that. I think that is what Apple has shown. You can buy a much cheaper cell phone or laptop, but Apple's product is so much better than the alternative, and people are willing to pay that premium.

  Elon Musk

  Thinking, Cells, Apples

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Exponential growth in access to the Internet, satellite television and radio, cell phones, and P.D.A.'s means that breaking news now reaches virtually every corner of the globe.

  Dee Dee Myers

  Mean, Cells, Growth

  "Is Obama the Most Famous Living Person Ever?" by Dee Dee Myers, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 28, 2009.

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• Movies such as 'Citizen Kane' and 'The Front Page' portrayed an era when driven newspapermen would do anything to get a story. The U.K.'s rough-and-tumble Fleet Street remains something of a throwback to that era, as demonstrated by the recent phone-hacking scandal - which led to the demise of yet another century-old paper, the 'News of the World.'

  Nathan Myhrvold

  Stories, Demise, World

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• My free time at home is usually spent emailing, listening to music, reading and talking on the phone. I wish I was on the phone less, but I have been fortunate to stay in touch with so many incredible friends.

  Steve Nash

  Basketball, Reading, Home

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• My ideal day would be to get a good work out in, listen to music, talk to my family and friends on the phone, read and go to a good movie.

  Steve Nash

  Basketball, Work Out, Good Movie

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• I received a phone call; my agent got a phone call from Ryan Murphy saying he wanted to talk to me... And he basically outlined 'American Horror Story' for me and said that there's a character named Larry the Burn Guy, and I'd like you to play it.

  Denis O'Hare

  Character, Horror Stories, Play

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• I was a big fan of 'Six Feet Under.' So, I got a bootleg copy of the first four episodes on videotape, watched them and was instantly into it. During the first episode, I was like, 'Eh.' By the time I got to the second one, I couldn't watch them fast enough. I got on the phone that night, called Time Warner cable and ordered HBO right then.

  Denis O'Hare

  Night, Hbo, Feet

  "Denis O'Hare Exclusive Interview TRUE BLOOD". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 12, 2010.

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• Finland is a rich country. What have they got? They got Nokia phones and plywood. How'd they get so rich? Because they're free.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Country, Rich Countries, Nokia

  "P.J. O'Rourke Takes On 'The Wealth of Nations'". Interview with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. January 8, 2007.

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• If my favorite, most comfortable place is by our fireplace in cold weather, expedient places are on an airplane, in a waiting room or even waiting in line; frequently these days, while on the phone having been 'put on hold.'

  Joyce Carol Oates

  Airplane, Waiting Rooms, Weather

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