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"640K ought to be enough for anybody." -- Bill Gates, 1981





Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons." --Popular


Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949





I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." --Thomas


Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943





"I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and walked with


the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that


won't last out the year." --The editor in charge of business books for


Prentice Hall, 1957





"But what ... is it good for?" --Engineer at the Advanced Computing


Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip.





"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." --Ken


Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977





"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.





"The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay


for a message sent to nobody in particular?" --David Sarnoff's associates


in response to his urgings for investment in the radio in the 1920s.





"The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better


than a 'C,' the idea must be feasible." --A Yale University management


professor in response to Fred Smith's paper proposing reliable overnight


delivery service. (Smith went on to found Federal Express Corp.)





"I'm just glad it'll be Clark Gable who's falling on his face and not Gary


Cooper." --Gary Cooper on his decision not to take the leading role in


"Gone With The Wind."





"We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out." --Decca


Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles, 1962.





"If I had thought about it, I wouldn't have done the experiment. The


literature was full of examples that said you can't do this." --Spencer


Silver on the work that led to the unique adhesives for 3-M "Post-It" Notepads.





"You want to have consistent and uniform muscle development across all of


your muscles? It can't be done. It's just a fact of life. You just have to


accept inconsistent muscle development as an unalterable condition of


weight training." --Response to Arthur Jones, who solved the "unsolvable"


problem by inventing Nautilus.





"Everything that can be invented has been invented." --Charles H. Duell,


Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899.





"Louis Pasteur's theory of germs is ridiculous fiction". --Pierre Pachet,


Professor of Physiology at Toulouse, 1872





"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.








Remember….. Never assume anything! And if you have a dream, don’t let someone tell you that you cant do it. People who cant do something want to tell you that you cant either….Prove them wrong :)

Eaten Words.......?
It's true. Nothing is as it seems. All is possible. A fool is one who believes that he/she know it all. The wise know he/she knows nothing. Even people as great in their field as these are can be wrong. Create something today:) Make it so.
Reply:Fabulous, interesting compilation of the mutual human mistake. Inability to believe in vision. What fun, thanks.
Reply:Wow that is so true! Thanks for the little encouragement... I really REALLY needed that.

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