Commonwealth Telephone

Famous quotes containing the words commonwealth and/or telephone:

“This little world, this little state, this little commonwealth of our own....”
—Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)

“A woman spent all Christmas Day in a telephone box without ringing anyone. If someone comes to phone, she leaves the box, then resumes her place afterwards. No one calls her either, but from a window in the street, someone watched her all day, no doubt since they had nothing better to do. The Christmas syndrome.”
—Jean Baudrillard (b. 1929)