Famous last words?

[WillowTheWhisp]

1. "Computers, in the future, may weigh no more than 1.5 tons."
-- Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949.

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

3. "I have traveled the length and breadth of this country, and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won't last out the year."
-- The editor in charge of business books for Prentice Hall, 1957.

4. "But what ... is it good for?"
-- Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968 commenting on the microchip.

5. "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
-- Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp.,1977.

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

7. "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.

8. "The concept is interesting and well-formed. But, in order to earn better than a 'C,' the idea must be feasible."
-- A Yale Univ. management professor in response to Fred Smith's paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service. (Smith went on to found Federal Express Corp.)

9. "Who wants to hear actors talk?"
-- H.M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927.

10. "I'm just glad it will be Clark Gable who is falling on his face and not Gary Cooper."
-- Gary Cooper on his decision not to take the leading role in "Gone With The Wind".

11. "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.

12. "We don't like their sound and guitar music is on the way out."
-- Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles, 1962.

13. "You want to have consistent and uniform muscle development across all of your muscles? It can't be done. It's just a fact of life. You just have to accept inconsistent muscle development as an unalterable condition of weight training."
-- Response to Arthur Jones, who solved the "unsolvable" problem by inventing Nautilus.

14. "Stocks have reached what looks like a, permanently, high plateau."
-- Irving Fisher, Professor of Economics, Yale University, 1929.

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

16. "Louis Pasteur's theory of germs is ridiculous fiction."
-- Pierre Pachet, Professor of Physiology at Toulouse, 1872.

17. "The abdomen, the chest, and the brain will forever be shut from the intrusion of the wise and humane surgeon."
-- Sir John Eric Ericksen, British surgeon, Surgeon-Extraordinary to Queen Victoria, 1873.

and finally.......

18. "64K ought to be enough memory for anybody."
-- Bill Gates, 1981

[simon]

And nearly all these people are/where highly respected in there fields..And so would be listened too by the majority..

Are you one of the MAJORITY ??

Thanks a lot willow

[Less]

Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

18. "64K ought to be enough memory for anybody."
-- Bill Gates, 1981

I wish I'd said that, how to be sooooo wrong but still end up sooooo rich! (Don't it make you want to spit.)

[Bazf]

Who would line up for different types of coffee, coffee is coffee!!!!!!
head of Bank of America after rejecting a loan for the concept of Starbucks.

[MichiganRed]

Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

9. "Who wants to hear actors talk?"
-- H.M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927.

With some of the drivel that has been forced upon us over the course of the last few years, both on the screen and off, I find myself somewhat inclined to agree with him.

[rockrabbit]

Originally Posted by Bazf

Who would line up for different types of coffee, coffee is coffee!!!!!!
head of Bank of America after rejecting a loan for the concept of Starbucks.

went in a few starbucks cafes last summer what a rip off its cheaper to get a pint no wonder they getting so big with how busy there cafes are and with them prices

[THOTH]

Originally Posted by rockrabbit

went in a few starbucks cafes last summer what a rip off its cheaper to get a pint no wonder they getting so big with how busy there cafes are and with them prices

Rather puzzled -- why go in a few if you were ripped off in the first one ?

[grannyclaret]

i told you i was ill ,,,,,on spike milligans tombstone ..

[janet]

Waiting are they? Waiting are they? Well--let 'em wait.
In response to an attending doctor who attempted to comfort him by saying, "General, I fear the angels are waiting for you."
~~ Ethan Allen, American Revolutionary general, d. 1789

Am I dying or is this my birthday?
When she woke briefly during her last illness and found all her family around her bedside.
~~ Lady Nancy Astor, d. 1964