Everything that was impossible.
"Man will never reach the moon regardless of all future scientific advances." -Dr. Lee DeForest, "Father of Radio & Grandfather of Television"
"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
"640K of memory ought to be enough for anybody." -Bill Gates, 1981
"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
"The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a 'C,' the idea must be feasible." -Yale University management professor in response to Fred Smith's paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service. (Smith went on to found Federal Express Corp.)
"We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out." -Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles, 1962
"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
"Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value." -Marechal Ferdinand Foch, Professor of Strategy, Ecole Superieure de Guerre, France
"Everything that can be invented has been invented." -Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, US Office of Patents, 1899.
"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." -Head of IBM, refusing to back the idea, forcing the inventor to found Xerox.
"Louis Pasteur's theory of germs is ridiculous fiction." -Pierre Pachet, Professor of Physiology at Toulouse, 1872
"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." -Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp, 1977
Did someone tell you that your dream or goal was impossible?
Don't believe them. Even the smartest people in the world have failed to see that the impossible is possible. Stay inspired my friends.
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