Alex Comfort Quotes

If you take any world problem, any issue on the planet, the solution to that problem certainly includes education. In education, the roadblock is the laptop.

One of the most powerful scientific tools ever invented is the telephone.

As far as solving India's problems with technology is concerned, I think there are some wrong assumptions in making computing work at the grassroots. We need to go beyond the notion of technology being all about computers.

I think young people don't appreciate that when you're in your 70s, you'll lose patience for techie stuff and you may decide that you want a simple device.

So that's the telephone? They ring, and you run.

The great advantage [the telephone] possesses over every other form of electrical apparatus consists in the fact that it requires no skill to operate the instrument.

The Internet has become important on the world's stage.

A final word: I am not knowledgeable about the internet. I do not have a computer. I guess that at 74 years of age, I don't have the patience to learn.

I keep thinking I should get a phone, because everyone's got one and it becomes increasingly difficult to exist in a society where everyone else has moved ahead and you haven't.

Today, most young women are exposed to technology at a very young age, with mobile phones, tablets, the Web or social media. They are much more proficient with technology than prior generations since they use it for all their school work, communication and entertainment.

Mail is quick. Telegraph is quicker. Telephone is instantaneous.

… the telephone was only a convenience permitting Americans to do more orally and with less effort than what they had been doing before.

America—not Britain—has a use for the telephone. Here we have a superabundance of messengers, errand boys, and things of that kind.

Distributed technology does not necessarily lead to distributed economics.

We must ensure that technology is accessible, affordable, and adds value.

The pace at which people are taking to digital technology defies our stereotypes of age, education, language and income.

My first phone was two tin cans tied together with string, and it worked pretty good.

It's vital all we oldies learn as much as we can about the Internet so we are not left behind.

Alexander Graham Bell brought us the telephone. He owns the telephones in the buildings. Thomas Edison owns the lightbulb. Whether they took it and did things to improve it, he's the guy. Now on the dance floor, that belongs to Chubby Checker.

The cellphone is humanity's biggest platform. If we can't use it to change education or health care, then shame on us.

Broadband is not a luxury; it's critical infrastructure.

Any new thing that comes out with the ability to enhance our show or my ability to communicate with fans and give people more behind-the-scenes access, you know we'll be all over it.

Technology is only meaningful when it reaches the people.

I got an answering machine for my phone. . . . Now, when I'm not home and somebody calls me up . . . they hear a recording of a busy signal.

I believe technology will continue to become more affordable and more people will have the chance to use it. This will help more people get medical care and a good education.