Bad Predictions

"The horse is here to stay but theautomobile is only a novelty, a fad."

The president of the Michigan Savings Bank advising Henry Ford's lawyer not to invest in the Ford Motor Co., 1903.

"Radio has no future. Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible. X-rays will prove to be a hoax." -- William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, British scientist, 1899. (Yeah we named Kelvingrove park after him!)

"It will be gone by June."

Variety, passing judgement on rock 'n roll in 1955.

"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." -- Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943.

"Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?" -- H. M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927.

"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." -- Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977.

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

"They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist----"

Last words of General John Sedgwick, spoken as he looked out over the parapet at enemy lines during the Battle of Spotsylvania in 1864 as he was shot by a sniper.