Interesting: Top Ten All-Time Stupid Quotes

10. "There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home."
KENNETH OLSEN, PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER OF DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP. 1997

9. "Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value."
MARSHAL FERRDINAND FOCH, FRENCH MILITARY STRATEGIST AND FUTURE WWI COMMANDER IN 1911

8. "[Man will never reach the moon] regardless of all future scientific advances."
DR. LEE DE FOREST, INVENTOR OF THE ADION TUBE AND THE FATHER OF RADIO, ON FEB. 25, 1967

7. "[Television] won't be able to hold on to any market if it captures after the first six months.
People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night."
DARRYL F ZANUCK, HEAD OF 20TH CENTURY FOX, IN 1946

6. "We don't like their sound. Groups of guitars are on the way out."
DECCA RECORDS REJECTING THE BEATLES, IN 1962

5. "For the majority of the people, the use of tobacco has a beneficial effect."
DR. IAN G MCDONALD, LA SURGEON, AS QUOTED IN NEWSWEEK NOV. 18, 1969

4. "This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently no value to us."
WESTERN UNION INTERNAL MEMO, IN 1876

3. "Nothing of importance happened today."
WRITTEN BY KING GEORGE III OF ENGLAND ON JULY 4, 1776

2. "The earth is the center of the universe."
PTOLEMY, THE GREAT EGYPTIAN ASTRONOMER, IN THE SECOND CENTURY

1. "Everything that can be invented has been invented."
CHARLES H. DUELL U.S. COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS, IN 1899