Martin Cooper quotes
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“As I walked down the street while talking on the phone, sophisticated New Yorkers gaped at the sight of someone actually moving around while making a phone call. Remember that in 1973, there weren't cordless telephones, let alone cellular phones. I made numerous calls, including one where I crossed the street while talking to a New York radio reporter - probably one of the more dangerous things I have ever done in my life.”
-- Martin CooperSource : "The day the mobile phone went public 38 years ago, leaving New Yorkers bemused and bewildered" by Graham Smith, www.dailymail.co.uk. April 5, 2011.
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“Whenever you create a universal device that does all things for all people, it does not do any things well.”
-- Martin CooperSource : "Inventor of mobile phones says they have become 'too complicated'" by Rachel Cooper, www.telegraph.co.uk. November 6, 2009.
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“The best way to get people to think outside the box is not to create the box in the first place.”
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“When I was young, the concept of being a dreamer was a very negative one. If you were a dreamer, you were useless. You didn't contribute anything to society. But Star Trek made dreaming legitimate, and I think that was a huge, huge contribution.”
-- Martin Cooper -
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“When you are doing one thing - talking on your phone, texting, whatever - you are automatically not doing something else. What is the greatest scarcity in the world today? It's not oil. It's time. Time is precious. Don't throw it away.”
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“People want to talk to other people - not a house, or an office, or a car. Given a choice, people will demand the freedom to communicate wherever they are, unfettered by the infamous copper wire. It is that freedom we sought to vividly demonstrate in 1973,”
-- Martin CooperSource : "38 years ago he made the first cell phone call" by Bob Greene, edition.cnn.com. April 3, 2011.
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“We had no idea that in as little as 35 years more than half the people on Earth would have cellular telephones, and they give the phones away to people for nothing.”
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“If you think you can experience the power of the Internet on a 1-inch screen, you've got to be out of your mind.”
-- Martin Cooper -
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“Cellular phones will absolutely not replace local wire systems.”
-- Martin Cooper
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“Prayer is the mighty engine that is to move the missionary work.”
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“The sight or sound of perfect things causes a certain suffering.”
Source : Adrienne Monnier (1976). “The Very Rich Hours of Adrienne Monnier”
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