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TELEPHONE, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance.

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Telephone,” The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)
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Originally published in The Devil's Dictionary [A-Z] as Vol. 7 of his Collected Works.
 
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A person on hold tends to remain on hold.

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John Maguire, “The Law of Social Inertia”
 
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