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The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular? read more
The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular? -- David Sarnoff's associates in response to his urgings for investment in the radio in the 1920s.
Capital punishment: them without the capital get the punishment.
Capital punishment: them without the capital get the punishment.
Why fear death? It is the most beautiful adventure in life.
Why fear death? It is the most beautiful adventure in life.
Oh my, it's very beautiful over there.
Oh my, it's very beautiful over there.
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.
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.
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.).
All my possessions for a moment of time.
All my possessions for a moment of time.
I have tried so hard to do right.
I have tried so hard to do right.
