Here’s a just a few historical quotes resounding of similar disbelief:
 
 
“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.)
 
“Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?”
-H.M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927.
 
“I‘m just glad it’ll be Clark Gable who‘s falling on his face and not me.”
-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’ idea of starting Mrs. Fields‘ Cookies.
 
“There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.”
- Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977
 
“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 to 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.
 
“Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value.”
-Marechal Ferdinand Foch, Professor of Strategy, Ecole Superieure de Guerre.
 
“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
 
“I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.”
-Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943
 
“640K ought to be enough for anybody.”
- Bill Gates, 1981
 
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