So many impossible things, concepts and abilities out there. These quotes make a great read. And heres to homeopathy, our wonderful medicine! IMPOSSIBILITIES: Everything that can be invented has been invented. - Charles H. Duell, Director of US Patent Office, 1899 Who the hell wants to hear actors talk? - Harry M. Warner, Warner Bros Pictures, 1927 There is no likelihood man can ever tap the power of the atom. - Robert Miliham, Nobel Prize in Physics, 1923 Heavier than air flying machines are impossible. - Lord Kelvin, President, Royal Society, 1895 The horse is here today, but the automobile is only a novelty - a fad. - President of Michigan Savings Bank advising against investing in the Ford Motor Company Video wont be able to hold on to any market it captures after the first six months. People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night. - Daryl F. Zanuck, 20th Century Fox, commenting on television in 1946 Space travel is utter bilge. - Sir Richard van der Riet Wooley, The Astronomer Royal (1956) Rail travel at high speeds is not possible because passengers, unable to breathe, would die of asphyxia. - Dionysius Lardner, English scientist (1793-1859) While theoretically and technically television may be feasible, commercially and financially it is an impossibility. - Lee DeForest, American inventor (1873-1961) Guitar music is on the way out. - Decca Records turning down the Beatles, 1962. If I had thought about it, I wouldnt have done the experiment. The literature was full of examples that said you cant do this. - Spencer Silver, originator of Post-It Notepads. Louis Pasteurs theory of germs is ridiculous fiction. - Pierre Pachet, Professor of Physiology, 1872. This telephone has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us. - Western Union internal memo, 1876. Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote. - Grover Cleveland, 1905 Professor Goddard does not know the relation between action and reaction and the need to have something better than a vacuum against which to react. He seems to lack the basic knowledge ladled out daily in high schools. - 1921 New York Times editorial about Robert Goddards revolutionary rocket work. Stocks have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau. - Irving Fisher, Professor of Economics, Yale University, 1929. Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value. - Marechal Ferdinand Foch, Professor of Strategy, Ecole Superieure de Guerre. The abdomen, the chest, and the brain will forever be shut from the intrusion of the wise and humane surgeon. - Sir John Eric Ericksen, British surgeon, appointed Surgeon-Extraordinary to Queen Victoria, 1873. 640K ought to be enough for anybody. - Bill Gates, 1981 Such startling announcements as these should be deprecated as being unworthy of science and mischievous to its true progress. - Sir William Siemens, electrical engineer, upon hearing Edisons announcement of a successful light bulb. There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home. - Ken Olson, president of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977. I believe all the music that can be written has already been written. Were just repeating the past. - Tschaikovsky in a letter to his brother Collected by Rob Breszney’s Astrology Newsletter 2 August 2014
Posted on: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 10:24:55 +0000
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