BLV's Nook!

Mind your words!

Here are some of the famous quotes that illustrate this! :)

"This telephone has too many shortcomings to be seriously
considered as a means of communication. The device is
inherently of no value to us."
-- An internal Western Union memo, 1876

"The information superhighway is a dirt road that won't be
paved over until 2025."
-- Sumner Redstone, CEO of Viacom/Blockbuster.

"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."
-- IBM chairman Thomas Watson, 1943

"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
-- Ken Olson, founder, chairman & president of DEC, 1977

"Everything that can be invented has already been invented."
-- Charles H. Duell, director of the U.S. Patent Office, 1899

"A rocket will never be able to leave the earth's atmosphere."
-- The New York Times, 1936

"You'd better learn secretarial skills or else get married."
-- Modeling agency, rejecting Marilyn Monroe in 1944

"Television won't last because people will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night."
-- Producer Darryl Zanuck, 20th Century Fox, 1946

"Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value."
-- Marechal Ferdinand Foch, Professor of Strategy, Ecole Superieure de Guerre.

"640k ought to be enough for anybody."
-- Bill Gates, 1981 (keeping the best for the last!)

posted by blv @ 3:41 PM