Communications devices were always used to effect change, to effect revolution. Telephone, telegraph - these all seemed like very big enhancements at the time. (Gary Shteyngart)

Communications devices were always used to effect change, to effect revolution. Telephone, telegraph - these all seemed like very big enhancements at the time.

Gary Shteyngart

Related topics

big change revolution telegraph telephone time

Related quotes

Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time an actor acts he does not hide; he exposes himself. View quote
Rodney Dangerfield
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. View quote
Barack Obama
A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used. View quote
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
The time of illusion, then, is the beautiful moment of passion; it represents the artistic zone in which the poet or romance writer ought to be free to do the very best that he can. View quote
Lafcadio Hearn
I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book. View quote
Groucho Marx