It was in 1878 that Western Union turned down rights to the telephone. The reason the firm gave: "What use could the company make of an electric toy?" Not only the telephone, but also the radio and the personal computer were originally thought to have no commercial potential.

"Video won't be able to hold on to any market it captures after the first six months. People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night." ; Daryl F. Zanuck, head of 20th Century Fox movie studio, commenting on television in 1946

"The horse is here to stay but the automobile is only a novelty; a fad." ; president of the michigan savings bank advising Henry Ford's lawyer not to invest in the Ford Motor Company

Charles H. Duell, commissioner of the U.S. Office of Patents said in a report to President McKinley, "Everything that can be invented has been invented." Duell argued that the Patent Office should be abolished.

"Heavier than air flying machines are impossible" ; Lord Kelvin, 1895

"There is no likelihood man can ever tap the power of the atom." ROBERT MILLIKAN, Nobel Prize in Physics, 1923

"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." THOMAS WATSON, Chairman of IBM, 1943

"There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home." KENNETH OLSEN, President and Founder of Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977

"Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value." MARSHAL FERDINAND FOCH, French Military Strategist and
Future World War I Commander, 1911

Second Set:

Albert Einstein: What would a light wave look like to someone keeping pace with it?

Bill Bowerman (inventor of Nike shoes): What happens if I pour rubber into my waffle iron?

Fred Smith (founder of Federal Express): Why can't there be reliable overnight mail service?

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