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Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of th

Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance. – Ambrose Bierce

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Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel. – Ambrose Bierce

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A cynic is a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, and not as they ought to be. – Ambrose Bierce

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

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Anytime I see someone blocking the aisle in the supermarket while talking on a phone, I want to ram that person with my shopping cart. – Richard Turner (1937-2011), The Grammar Curmudgeon, a.k.a. “The Mudge,” from “Th

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