Bethany Joy Lenz

I love the romance of the '40s. It was the perfect time to live. Technology wasn't so advanced that it made life more difficult, but it was just enough that you can send a phone call or a telegram. And people still took pride in how they looked. The men got dressed up and the women got dressed up and they took care of themselves.

American Actress

Rudolph Valentino

I have been deeply touched by the many telegrams, cables and letters that have come to my bedside. It is wonderful to know that I have so many friends and well-wishers both among those it has been my privilege to meet and among the loyal unknown thousands who have seen me on the screen and whom I have never seen at all.

Italian Actor

Gil Hodges

Well, I know that I'll never forget that, but also I won't forget the hundreds of people who sent me letters, telegrams, and postcards during that World Series. There wasn't a single nasty message. Everybody tried to say something nice.

American Athlete

W. Averell Harriman

I think there are telegrams that may or may not be available, which indicated that I very much had in mind the need to give Europe substantial aid after the war, after Lend-Lease was over.

American Politician

Francis Ford Coppola

When I was 13, I worked for Western Union. When the telegrams came in, I would glue them on the paper and deliver them on my bicycle.

American Director

George Ade

A man never feels more important than when he receives a telegram containing more than ten words.

American Playwright

Henny Youngman

How to drive a guy crazy: send him a telegram and on the top put 'page 2.

American Comedian

Tom Hanks

Tweeting is like sending out cool telegrams to your friends once a week.

American Actor

Anton Chekhov

When an actor has money he doesn't send letters, he sends telegrams.

Russian Dramatist

Charlotte Whitton

When an actor has money, he doesn't send letters, but telegrams.

Canadian Politician

Refers to old communication method, not used in modern times.

Historical Technology

Often used for delivering important or formal news historically.

Official Notifications

Telegrams were paid per word, so messages were brief and to the point.

Concise Language

Don't confuse with 'Telegram' the messaging app; context matters.

Modern Confusion

Modern usage implies that the message is urgent or needs quick attention.

Urgency Implied

Today, the term may be used casually, often metaphorically, for any message.

Casual Reference

 And the telegram said, "Could you please bring me a rifle?" And it was the same rifle I knew she already had. And the reason is because when male camels are in heat, if you have a female camel, they will kill you to get to your female. So, I said to her when she was telling me about it on the trip, how would a camel kill you?

Alone Across the Outback...

 basically just decided to keep it a secret I mean it was still spreading and you know people are getting sick and people are dying but they kind of paid off newspaper reporters not to mention it and they intercepted telegrams that had the word collaring in the you know

How to make pandemics...

 and they wrote telegrams back to Manchester. And one of them wrote, "Situation hopeless. Stop. They don't wear shoes." And the other one wrote, "Glorious opportunity. They don't have any shoes yet." Now, there's a similar situation in the classical music world,

The transformative power...

 nachos in parque nacional telegram gentle it moved me to tears when I was out there it's brought me to tears again sitting here it's really forcing me to reflect on this experience I'll never forget it I'll never stop being angry I'll never stop feeling

These Rare Giraffes Were...

 Their invented mathematician claimed to be a reclusive Russian genius who would only meet with his selected collaborators. They sent telegrams in Bourbaki’s name, announced his daughter’s wedding, and publicly insulted anyone who doubted his existence.

The greatest mathematicia...

 by announcing them via telegram. He even purchased a respected journal so future publications could be rushed into print. But Marsh used his personal fortune to gain the upper hand, hiring a small army of fossil hunters to out-compete his rival.

The most notorious...

 of the human spirit of exploration. It appears that it may not always be that way. Because today's astronomers, by turning powerful telescopes to the sky, have captured a handful of starkly informative photons -- a kind of cosmic telegram

Why is our universe...

 my mother's tongue is a telegram from her mother decorated with the coqui's of el campo so even when her lips can barely stretch themselves around english, her accent is a stubborn compass always pointing her towards home.

"Accents" by Denice...

 appears that it may not always be that way because today's astronomers by turning powerful telescopes to the sky have captured a handful of starkly informative photons a kind of cosmic telegram billions of years in

Is our universe the only...

 from all that they knew and all of the people that they loved. And the very next time that they might hear anything about the people who had raised them might be a telegram saying, "Your father has passed away."