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“I used to be the fastest telegram messenger boy in all Fresno. My nickname was "Speed." Finally, I said, "Take back your nickname. This pace is killing me." Anyway, I still write fast -- it's my impatient Armenian nature. I'm keen to find out how my plots end, and if I write faster I'll find out sooner.”
William Saroyan
“How to drive a guy crazy: send him a telegram and on the top put 'page 2.'”
Henny Youngman
“Now we speak in telegram form, we write little e-mails, and we have everything at our fingertips, so we don't train ourselves to keep anything inside.”
Richard Foreman
“[Germany's Chancellor Helmut Kohl also sent Clinton a telegram.] I learned of the terrible bomb attack in Atlanta with deep sorrow, ... This cowardly attack, showing a wanton disregard for human life, will provoke horror among all civilized people.”
Helmut Kohl
“The telegram was the last remaining bit of our telecommunications heritage and doesn't really fit with where we are moving forward, as a financial services company to the world.”
Victor Chayet
“It was a difficult decision. Clearly the telegram is very much a part of our heritage, but in the age of faxes, phone, and e-mail, it's not hard to see how the telegram is less used.”
Colin Wheeler
“She had a husband in the Aleutians, and sent him a telegram telling him how to answer the questions, ... They brought him home.”
Phillip Levine
“After the season, Barry (Switzer) sent me a telegram and said, 'Congratulations on doing something only five other teams have done,' ”
LaVell Edwards
“When an actor has money, he doesn't send letters, but telegrams.”
Charlotte Whitton
