Have you ever said something and then regretted it? You are not alone...

"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943 "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons." Popular Mechanics magazine, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949 "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." Ken Olson, president, chairman, and founder of Digital Equipment Corp, 1977 "640K ought to be enough for anybody." Bill Gates, 1981

"Drill for oil? You mean drill into the ground to try and find oil? You're crazy." Drillers whom Edwin L. Drake tried to enlist to his project to drill for oil in 1859 "Everything that can be invented has been invented." Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U. S. Office of Patents, submitting his resignation in 1899 "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 "Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value." Marechal Ferdinand Foch, Professor of Strategy, Ecole Superieure deGuerre "Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?" H. M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927