640K ought to be enough for anybody. (Bill Gates, CEO of MIcrosoft, 1981)
There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home. (Ken Olson, President of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977)
I think there is a world market for about five computers. (Thomas Watson, Chairman of IBM, 1943)
While theoretically and technically television may be feasible, commercially and financially I consider it an impossibility. (Lee DeForest, inventor of the Audion tube, 1926)
The chemical purity of the air is of no importance. (L. Erskine Hill, lecturer in physiology at London Hospital, 1912)
X-rays are a hoax. (Lord Kelvin, physicist, c. 1900)
Everything that can be invented has been invented. (Charles Duell, head of the U.S. Patent Office, 1899)
There is a surefire way to double your money; fold it in half and put it in your pocket.
Most of us will never do great things, but we can do small things in a great way.
The trouble with self-made men is that they worship their creator.
Friendship is like a bank account. You can't continue to draw on it without making deposits.
For every person wishing to teach there are thirty not wanting to be taught. (W.C. Sellar)
He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches. (George Bernard Shaw)
Contraceptives should be used on all conceivable occasions. (Spike Milligan)
The English instinctively admire any man who has no talent and is modest about it. (James Agate)