Famous last words :-)
I found these inspiring and hope you do, too...
"Man will never reach the moon regardless of all future scientific advances." -- Dr. Lee DeForest, father of radio and grandfather of television
"There is no likelihood man can ever tap the power of the atom." - Robert Millikan, Nobel Prize in Physics, 1923
"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 talked 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
"640K ought to be enough for anybody." -- Bill Gates, 1981
"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"
"A cookie store is a bad idea. Besides, the market research reports say America likes crispy cookies, not soft and chewy cookies like you make." -- response to Debbi Fields about starting Mrs. Fields' Cookies
"We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out." -- Decca Recording Co., rejecting The Beatles, 1962
"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible." -- Lord Kelvin, President, Royal Society, 1895
"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.
"Drill for oil? You mean drill into the ground to try and find oil? You're crazy." --drillers who Edwin L. Drake tried to enlist for his project to drill for oil in 1859
"Stocks have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau." --Irving Fisher, Professor of Economics, Yale University, 1929
"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
"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." -- Ken Olsen, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977
"Man will never reach the moon regardless of all future scientific advances." -- Dr. Lee DeForest, father of radio and grandfather of television
"There is no likelihood man can ever tap the power of the atom." - Robert Millikan, Nobel Prize in Physics, 1923
"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 talked 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
"640K ought to be enough for anybody." -- Bill Gates, 1981
"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"
"A cookie store is a bad idea. Besides, the market research reports say America likes crispy cookies, not soft and chewy cookies like you make." -- response to Debbi Fields about starting Mrs. Fields' Cookies
"We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out." -- Decca Recording Co., rejecting The Beatles, 1962
"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible." -- Lord Kelvin, President, Royal Society, 1895
"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.
"Drill for oil? You mean drill into the ground to try and find oil? You're crazy." --drillers who Edwin L. Drake tried to enlist for his project to drill for oil in 1859
"Stocks have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau." --Irving Fisher, Professor of Economics, Yale University, 1929
"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
"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." -- Ken Olsen, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977