3. “Two years from
now, spam will be
solved” –
Bill Gates, 2004
World Economic
Forum
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4. “Airplanes are
interesting toys but
of no military value”
- Marechal
Ferdinand Foch,
Professor of
Strategy, Ecole
Superieure de
Guerre, 1904.
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5. “Nuclear-powered
vacuum cleaners will
probably be a reality
in 10 years” – Alex
Lewyt, president of
vacuum cleaner
company Lewyt Corp.,
in the New York Times
in 1955
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6. “Who the hell wants
to hear actors
talk?”
H. M. Warner, cofounder of Warner
Brothers, 1927
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7. “Rail travel at high speed
is not possible,
because passengers,
unable to breathe, would
die of asphyxia” -
Dr Dionysys Larder
(1793-1859), professor of
Natural Philosophy and
Astronomy, University
College London
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8. “What, sir, would you make a
ship sail against the wind and
currents by lighting a bonfire
under her deck? I pray you,
excuse me, I have not the
time to listen to such
nonsense” -
Napoleon Bonaparte, when
told of Robert Fulton's
steamboat, 1800s.
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9. "No one will pay good
money to get from Berlin
to Potsdam in one hour
when he can ride his
horse there in one day for
free."
King William I of
Prussia, on hearing of
the invention of trains,
1864.
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10. "I'm sorry, Mr Kipling, but
you just don't know how
to use the English
language.“- The San
Francisco Examiner,
rejecting a submission by
Rudyard Kipling in 1889.
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11. "A rocket will never be
able to leave the
Earth's atmosphere.“ New York Times,
1936
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12. "I'm just glad it'll be
Clark Gable who's
falling on his face, and
not Gary Cooper.“ Gary Cooper, on
declining the lead role
in Gone with the
Wind, before 1939
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13. "If excessive smoking
actually plays a role in
the production of lung
cancer, it seems to be
a minor one.“ W.C. Heuper,
National Cancer
Institute, 1954
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14. "In all likelihood world
inflation is over.“ International
Monetary Fund Ceo,
1959
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15. “There’s no chance that
the iPhone is going to get
any significant market
share” –
Steve Ballmer, CEO
Microsoft, 2007
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16. Imi este mai frica de
cei ce pot vedea mai
bine trecutul decat de
cei ce pot vedea
viitorul – politician
roman anonim.
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18. “Ideea de viitor
e mai roditoare
decât viitorul’ –
Henri Bergson
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19. Ce am invatat eu
despre viitor 1
Plan less,
manage more.
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20. Ce am invatat eu
despre viitor 2
Intre a ma gandi cum
o sa fie bere si a o
bea pe cea din fata
mea, o prefer pe cea
pe care tocmai o
beau.
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21. Ce am invatat eu
despre viitor 3
Futurizezi, nu
futurizezi, vremea
trecea, mai prietene.
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