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I never was for telephones. Just don't like them, that's all. Anybody wants to talk to you, they can come to see you.

When I grew up in India, telephones were a rarity. In fact, they were so rare that elected members of Parliament had the right to allocate 15 telephone lines as a favor to those they deemed worthy. If you were lucky enough to be a wealthy businessman or an influential journalist, or a doctor or something, you might have a telephone.

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

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

I stay away from the telephone if at all possible.

I don't have a telephone. If I had a lot of money, I wouldn't have one.

One of the most powerful scientific tools ever invented is the telephone.

The phone is one hundred, one hundred and ten years old. There was a middle period where the government had a broad ability to surveil, but if you look at human history in total, people evolved and civilizations evolved with private conversations and private speech.

The telephone, which interrupts the most serious conversations and cuts short the most weighty observations, has a romance of its own.

I don't even have voice mail or answering machines anymore. I hate the phone, and I don't want to call anybody back. If I go to hell, it will be a small closet with a telephone in it, and I will be doomed and destined for eternity to return phone calls.