Top 7 Martin Cooper Quotes (2025 Update)

Martin Cooper Quote: “The best way to get people to think outside the box is not to create the box in the first place.”

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

2. “When you are doing one thing – talking on your phone, texting, whatever – you are automatically not doing something else. What is the greatest scarcity in the world today? It’s not oil. It’s time. Time is precious. Don’t throw it away.”

— Martin Cooper

3. “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 people for nothing.”

— Martin Cooper

4. “Cellular phones will absolutely not replace local wire systems.”

— Martin Cooper

5. “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 society. But Star Trek made dreaming legitimate, and I think that was a huge, huge contribution.”

— Martin Cooper

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

— Martin Cooper

7. “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

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