Quotes ... Thabks Ramey Hoskins!

Famous Quotes from: Alden Scott 

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*"Man will never reach the moon regardless of all future scientific

advances."*      *-- Dr. Lee DeForest*, "Father of Radio *&* Grandfather of

Television."

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"The bomb will never go off. I speak as an expert in explosives."*         *-

- Admiral William Leahy* , US Atomic Bomb Project

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"There is no likelihood man can ever tap the power of the atom."*         *--

Robert Millikan*, Nobel Prize in Physics, 1923

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"Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons."*      *--

Popular Mechanics*, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949

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"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers ."*   -- *Thomas

Watson*, chairman of IBM, 1943 [Oddly enough it was IBM that also saw

little use for what became the Xerox copy machine many decades later and

refused to fund its development.

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"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

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"But what is it good for?"* -- Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems

Division of IBM, 1968, *commenting on the microchip.*

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"640K ought to be enough for anybody."* *       

-- Bill Gates, 1981 *

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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.

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"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.

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"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.)

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"I'm just glad it'll be Clark Gable who's falling on his face and not Gary

Cooper,"* -- *Gary Cooper* on his decision *not *to take the leading role

in "Gone With The Wind."

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"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.

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"We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out,"* -- *Decca

Recording Co. rejecting* the *Beatles, 1962*.

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"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible,"* -- *Lord Kelvin*,

president, Royal Society, 1895.

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"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 .

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"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.

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"Stocks have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau."* - - *Irving

Fisher, Professor of Economics, Yale University , 1929*.

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"Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value,"* -- *Marechal

Ferdinand Foch, Professor of Strategy, Ecole Superieure de Guerre , France

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"Everything that can be invented has been invented,"* --*Charles H. Duell,

Commissioner, US Office of Patents, 1899*.

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"The super computer is technologically impossible. It would take all of the

water that flows over Niagara Falls to cool the heat generated by the

number of vacuum tubes required."* -- Professor of Electrical Engineering,

New York University

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"I don't know what use any one could find for a machine that would make

copies of documents. It certainly couldn't be a feasible business by

itself."* -- *the head of IBM, refusing to back the idea*, forcing the

inventor to found Xerox.

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"Louis Pasteur's theory of germs is ridiculous fiction."*      -- *Pierre

Pachet*, Professor of Physiology at Toulouse , 1872

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"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, appointed

Surgeon-Extraordinary to Queen Victoria 1873****

*And last but not least....*

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"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."*****

  -- *Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp.,

1977* ****

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Inflation

Depression has certainly worsened under o.  Inflation is creeping as it always does and Americans pay higher prices by the day for all commodities.  Inflation is sneakier.  o is arrogant and dictatorial.   So many good Black Americans I know would have made a much better first black American President.

I detest the "Sales" strategy so prevalent that raises prices twice and cuts them once.
There are truly few real bargains.

Seniors watch their retirement savings swirling around the drain.

Inflation is depressing.

Please vote in November, but NOT if you intend to vote for o.

Hooray for Florida!

Subj: Hooray For Florida!!

Our governor O'Malley will welcome them here in Maryland with open arms... He wants to raise taxes on gas by 15 cents per gallon... no wonder we have a large percentage of unemployment... no ones wants to work because it is so easy to get everything handed to you here. I agree with Florida...the whole USA should be required to get drug testing for when they seek help. It will cut down and save lots and lots of money.

Hooray for Florida !!! I-95 will be jammed for the next month or so... Druggies and deadbeats heading North out of Florida ... Florida is the first state requiring drug testing to receive welfare! Hooray for Florida !!!! In signing the new law, Republican Gov. Rick Scott said, "If Floridians want welfare, they better make sure they are drug-free. Applicants who test positive for illicit substances won't be eligible for the funds for a year, or until they undergo treatment. Those who fail a second time would be banned from receiving funds for three years! Naturally, a few people are crying this is unconstitutional. How is this unconstitutional? It's completely legal that many working people have to pass drug tests in order to get a J-O-B which supports those on welfare! Forward if you agree!! Let's get Welfare back to the ones who NEED it, not those who WON'T get a JOB..... I AGREE!!!! 100%