The following are quotations from the past that haunt their speakers today:
a. “It will be years — not in my time — before a woman will become Prime Minister.” — Margaret Thatcher, 1974.
b. “Drill for oil? You mean drill into the ground to try and find oil? You’re crazy.” — Workers whom Edwin L. Drake tried to enlist to his project to drill for oil in 1859.
c. 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
d. The radio has no future! -Lord Kelvin, British Mathematician (1897)
e. I think there is a world market for maybe five computers. -Thomas Watson, Chairman of IBM, 1943
f. There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home. Ken Olso , President, Chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977
g. 640Kb ought to be enough for anybody.-Bill Gates, 1981
h. I believe in the horse. The automobile is merely passing phenomenon. -Emperor Wilhelm II
i. Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible.-Lord Kelvin, 1895
And Finally!
j. It is unlikely that a man will run the marathon in less than two hours in this century;-Paul Tergat- A Kenyan one time marathon champion 2004.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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