THE EXPERTS HAVE SPOKEN I
‘m sure that you get a belly full of the experts who speak with knowing arrogance about what will and can happen. Here’s a few of them you can add to your file as found in an ad for TRW in Fortune magazine. “Everything that can be invented has been invented.” Charles H. Duell, Director of the U. S. Patent Office, 1899. “Who the h— wants to hear actors talk?” H. M. Warner, Warner Bros. Pictures, c. 1927. “Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote.” Grover Cleveland, 1905. “There is no likelihood man can ever tap the power of the atom.” Robert Millikan, Nobel Prize winner in Physics, 1923. “Heavier than air flying machines are impossible.” Lord Kelvin, President, Royal Society, c. 1895. “Ruth [Babe Ruth] made a big mistake when he gave up pitching.” Tris Speaker, 1927. Keep these in mind as you hear today’s experts assure us of the great realities from their vantage point…
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