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

"There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home."
Ken Olsen, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977.

"The 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.

"Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value."
Marshal Ferdinand Foch, French commander of Allied forces during the closing months of World War I, 1918.

"Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?"
Harry M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927.

"The ordinary 'horseless carriage' is at present a luxury for the wealthy; and
although its price will probably fall in the future, it will never come into as common use as the bicycle."
The Literary Digest, 1889.

"Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons."
Popular Mechanics, 1949.

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

"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
Charles H. Duell, commissioner, US Office of Patents, 1899.