"It's very beautiful over there."
-- Edison, Thomas A. (1847-1931)
"Lord help my poor soul."
-- Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849)
"We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out."
-- Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles, 1962.
"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
-- Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899.
"The abdomen, the chest, and the brain will forever be shut from the intrusion of the wise and humane surgeon".
-- Sir John Eric Ericksen, British surgeon.
"No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris."
-- Orville Wright.
"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible."
-- Lord Kelvin, president, Royal Society, 1895.
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