"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 wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?" - David Samoff's associates in response to his urgings for investment in the radio in the 1920s.
"The concept is interesting and well-informed, but in order to earn better than a 'C', the idea must be feasible." - A Yale University management professor in response to Fred Smith's paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service (Smith went on to found Federal Express)
"Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?" - H. M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927
"I'm just glad it'll be Clark Gable who's falling on his face, not Gary Cooper." - Gary Cooper on his decision not to take the leading role in "Gone With The Wind"
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