Dialing Quotes

Now all of us can talk to the NSA-just by dialing any number. (David Letterman)
Philosophical problems can be compared to locks on safes, which can be opened by dialing a certain word or number, so that no force can open the door until just this word has been hit upon, and once it is hit upon any child can open it. View quote
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Lux spent the ride dialing the radio for her favorite song. "It makes me crazy," she said. "You know they're playing it somewhere, but you have to find it. View quote
Jeffrey Eugenides
I relish the fact that we New Yorkers talk funny, and that art deco skyscrapers symbolize our city. [...] But we must set boundaries to this love of variety. I accept the need, even the blessings, of standardization in practical matters: we require a worldwide telephone dialing system and a network of national highways [...]. We need domains of standardization, and realms of regionalism, each in its appropriate place, and linked in mutual respect and recognition. I accept and even want McDonalds at the highway interchange-but not in my little neighborhood of ethnic restaurants, and not next to the Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota. View quote
Stephen Jay Gould
Asking the head I have now to explain its own thinking is as pointless as dialing your own telephone number on your own telephone: Either way, you get an engaged signal. Or your own answer message, if you have that kind of phone system. View quote
Nick Hornby
Isn't there a danger with Tweeting, like drunk dialing? Isn't there a drunk Tweeting danger? View quote
Julianna Margulies
She's drunk dialing contractors ” Chloe said to Tara. "Someone should stop her. View quote
Jill Shalvis
You realize just how long you've been away when you get home and start dialing 8 out of habit so you can get access to local calls. View quote
Tom Berenger
Dialing down is not an option for me. View quote
Jimmy Wales
I'm just going to keep dialing it in and keep practicing. View quote
Shaun White