The best way to get people to think outside the box is not to create the box in the first place.

- Martin Cooper

People want to talk to other people - not a house, or an office, or a car. Given a choice, people will demand the freedom to communicate wherever the…

- Martin Cooper

When you are doing one thing - talking on your phone, texting, whatever - you are automatically not doing something else. What is the greatest scarc…

- Martin Cooper

Whenever you create a universal device that does all things for all people, it does not do any things well.

- Martin Cooper

We had no idea that in as little as 35 years more than half the people on Earth would have cellular telephones, and they give the phones away to peop…

- Martin Cooper

When I was young, the concept of being a dreamer was a very negative one. If you were a dreamer, you were useless. You didn't contribute anything to …

- Martin Cooper

If you think you can experience the power of the Internet on a 1-inch screen, you've got to be out of your mind.

- Martin Cooper

As I walked down the street while talking on the phone, sophisticated New Yorkers gaped at the sight of someone actually moving around while making a…

- Martin Cooper

Cellular phones will absolutely not replace local wire systems.

- Martin Cooper