The only still centre of my life is Macbeth. To go back to doing this bloody, crazed, insane mass-murderer is a huge relief after trying to get my cellphone replaced.
—Patrick Stewart
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.
—Ogden Nash
To be happy in this world, first you need a cellphone and then you need an airplane. Then you’re truly wireless.
—Ted Turner
The telephone is the greatest nuisance among conveniences, the greatest convenience among nuisances.
—Robert Staughton Lynd
Images: Stewart: Axel Schmidt / Reuters; Brody: Regis Duvignau / Reuters; Bell: Stock Montage / Getty Images; Lebowitz: Danny Moloshok/ Reuters; Mather: Kevin Lamarque / Reuters; Turner: Phil Mccarten / Reuters
(This story appears in the 22 December, 2017 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)