Letter Call Signs

Famous quotes containing the words letter, call and/or signs:

“Most personal correspondence of today consists of letters the first half of which are given over to an indexed statement of why the writer hasn’t written before, followed by one paragraph of small talk, with the remainder devoted to reasons why it is imperative that the letter be brought to a close.”
—Robert Benchley (1889–1945)

“Do you call the jewel blind, because your eye is?”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)

“Comedy distances pain, but leaves signs of it everywhere.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)