“Eli Whitney was laughed at when he showed his cotton gin, [Thomas] Edison had to install his electric light free of charge in an office building before anyone would look at it. The first sewing machine was smashed to pieces by a Boston mob. People scoffed at the idea of railroads. People thought that traveling thirty miles an hour [in an automobile] would stop the circulation of the blood. [Samuel] Morse had to plead before ten Congresses before they would even look at his telegraph.”- Anonymous
Posted on: Wed, 04 Jun 2014 19:33:20 +0000
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