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And now, in keeping with Channel 40's policy of always bringing you the latest in blood and guts, in living read more
And now, in keeping with Channel 40's policy of always bringing you the latest in blood and guts, in living color, you're about to see another first - an attempted suicide.
Professor Goddard does not know the relation between action and reaction and the need to have something better than a read more
Professor Goddard does not know the relation between action and reaction and the need to have something better than a vacuum against which to react. He seems to lack the basic knowledge ladled out daily in high schools. -- 1921 New York Times editorial about Robert Goddard's revolutionary rocket work.
Everything that can be invented has been invented. -- Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899.
Everything that can be invented has been invented. -- Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899.
No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris. -- Orville Wright.
No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris. -- Orville Wright.
The future is just old age and illness and pain.... I must have peace and this is the only way.
The future is just old age and illness and pain.... I must have peace and this is the only way.
I feel certain that I'm going mad again. I feel we can't go through another of those terrible times. And read more
I feel certain that I'm going mad again. I feel we can't go through another of those terrible times. And I shan't recover this time. I begin to hear voices.
Who the hell wants to hear actors talk? -- H.M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927.
Who the hell wants to hear actors talk? -- H.M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927.
The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a 'C,' the idea must be feasible. read more
The concept is interesting and well-formed, 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 Corp.).
I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have.
I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have.
