"We will bury you."
Nikita Krushchev, Soviet Premier, predicting Soviet communism will win over U.S. capitalism, 1958.
"They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist-"
Last words of Gen. John Sedgwick, spoken as he looked out over the parapet at enemy lines during the Battle of Spotsylvania in 1864.
"Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote."
Grover Cleveland, U.S. President, 1905.
"Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value."
Marechal Ferdinand Foch, Professor of Strategy, Ecole Superieure de Guerre, 1904.
"A rocket will never be able to leave the Earth's atmosphere."
New York Times, 1936.
"Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?"
H. M. Warner, co-founder of Warner Brothers, 1927.
"Fooling around with alternating current is just a waste of time. Nobody will use it, ever."
Thomas Edison, American inventor, 1889 (Edison often ridiculed the arguments of competitor George Westinghouse for AC power).
"But what... is it good for?"
IBM executive Robert Lloyd, speaking in 1968 microprocessor, the heart of today’s computers.
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Excellant. Simply delightful. Oh the silly near-sightedness of man. Here's my contribution... "Ha, America will always be the most powerful nation in the world!" and "What...Kellogg's Frosted Flakes are not poisonous?!" perhaps a little "Only people who believe like me will be in heaven!" and "Squirrels will never speak Japanese while eating Ramen on Mars!"
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