Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible. -- Lord Kelvin, president, Royal Society, 1895.

Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible. -- Lord Kelvin, president, Royal Society, 1895.

Beautiful.
(in reply to her husband who had asked how she felt moments before her death.).

Beautiful.
(in reply to her husband who had asked how she felt moments before her death.).

It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.

It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.

Cheer up, children, I am all right.

Cheer up, children, I am all right.

I have tried so hard to do right.

I have tried so hard to do right.

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.

We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out. -- Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles, read more

We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out. -- Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles, 1962.

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.

Good people are always so sure they're right.

Good people are always so sure they're right.