Bear with me. I don’t remember where I got these. But if you read through to the end, you will get the point:

Which of these is your favorite? (Mine is at the end.)

"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible." Lord Kelvin, British mathematician, physicist, and president of the British Royal Society, c. 1895.

"With over fifty foreign cars already on sale here, the Japanese auto industry isn't likely to carve out a big slice of the U.S. market for itself." Business Week, 2 August 1968.

"A severe depression like that of 1920-1921 is outside the range of probability." The Harvard Economic Society, 16 November 1929.

"I think there is a world market for about five computers." Thomas J. Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943.

"There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home." Ken Olson, President, Digital Equipment Corp., 1977.

"We don't like their sound. Groups of guitars are on the way out." Decca Recording Co. executive, turning down the Beatles in 1962.

"The phonograph -- is not of any commercial value." Thomas Alva Edison, inventor of the phonograph, c. 1880.

"No matter what happens, the U.S. Navy is not going to be caught napping." Frank Knox, Secretary of the Navy, 4 December 1941, just before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

This is my favorite:

"They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist...." General John B. Sedgwick, last words, Battle of Spotsylvania, 1864.

Finally:

“There is no God.” Says the fool in his heart. Psalm 14

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