The 7 Most Stupid Things Ever Said:

[Raul]

1.- " Heavier than air flying machines are impossible "

Lord William Thompson, mathematician and physicist,

to make it worse, president of the Royal Society !

 

2.- " In the future computers may weight no more than one and a half tons "

Popular Mechanics Magazine. 1949

What the ..... ?

 

3.- "Airplanes are interesting toys but lack of any military value"

Marshall Ferdinand Foch, professor of strategy of the French Military War School, 1911

Hmmmm, now I know why the French Army is not exactly the best contender after Napoleón.

 

4.- "Who the hell wants to listen to actors talk ? "

Harry Morris Warner in 1927

You know who this guy is ? one of the founders or Warner Bros. Studios

How about that ?

 

5.- This one is really ineresting because it´s not one but two at the same time:

 "We don´t like their sound and guitar music is on the way out "

Decca Records after rejecting to work with ........The Beatles !

 

6.- " This "telephone" has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us"  

To Alexander Graham Bell after he offered Western Union Telegraph Company the opportunity of investing in the invention. 

 

7.- " There´s absolutely no reason anyone would want to have a computer in their home"

Ken Olsen, founder and chairman of Digital Equipment Corporation. 1977

So, where´s Digital Equipment Corporation right now ? ... wait, it exists no more ! I wonder why ?

[Raul]

Excuse me gentlemen I forgot to add this one:

 

8.- "Light lures typically catch light fish"

Jason41987, June 15th/2014.

[fishinfiend]

9. Any statement that starts off with "a woman once told me…" lol 

[Cgrinder]

 

3.- "Airplanes are interesting toys but lack of any military value"

Marshall Ferdinand Foch, professor of strategy of the French Military War School, 1911

Hmmmm, now I know why the French Army is not exactly the best contender after Napoleón.

 

 

I think that was a fair statement to make in 1911. Planes and bombs in those days were lousy. It wasn't until WWII that air power and strategic bombing made any significant impact on warfare. 

[Raul]

I think that was a fair statement to make in 1911. Planes and bombs in those days were lousy. It wasn't until WWII that air power and strategic bombing made any significant impact on warfare. 

 

That is true to a certain point, but it also exemplifies the lack of understanding and imagination, the tank, 1911 is only 3 years from the beginning of WWI by the end of it machines like airplanes and tanks had already proven their importance in modern warfare.

 

Another example with weapons was the "experts" removing cannons and machineguns from modern combat aircraft, they believed that missiles would take the place of cannons and machin guns which proved to be catastrophic to US pilots during the early stages of the Vietnam war, vietnamese pilots flew Russian/Chines planes that had cannons, many state of the art US fighter planes didn´t have them ( like the F4 ).

[QUAKEnSHAKE]

If you like your plan you can keep it.

[Cgrinder]

That is true to a certain point, but it also exemplifies the lack of understanding and imagination, the tank, 1911 is only 3 years from the beginning of WWI by the end of it machines like airplanes and tanks had already proven their importance in modern warfare.

Another example with weapons was the "experts" removing cannons and machineguns from modern combat aircraft, they believed that missiles would take the place of cannons and machin guns which proved to be catastrophic to US pilots during the early stages of the Vietnam war, vietnamese pilots flew Russian/Chines planes that had cannons, many state of the art US fighter planes didn´t have them ( like the F4 ).

Well there were other factors besides the cannon issue. For instance, the F-105 Thunderbolt was designed to deliver a tactical nuclear weapon but carried out conventional duties during Rolling Thunder. The maneuverable MiGs that the NVA flew were not only very good aircraft in their own right but especially effective against slow, clunky American fighter-bombers. Combine that with the Vietnamese tendency to hit and run rather than dogfight and it's no wonder that the U.S. bombing effort wasn't effective (paraphrasing here, there were lots of reasons). Also the F-4 was more of an anti-SAM strike aircraft. It wasn't designed to dogfight, which I suppose explains the lack of cannon. You certainly know your stuff. High five!

[clayton86]

You forgot "I do"

[Chris at Tech]

Excuse me gentlemen I forgot to add this one:

 

8.- "Light lures typically catch light fish"

Jason41987, June 15th/2014.

Ha!

[DogBone_384]

You forgot "I do"

Bah! You beat me to it!

[Raul]

You forgot "I do"

I didn't forget, the ball and chain was around when I was typing, ya know, I fear not, I'm just cautious.

[tipptruck1]

I would say any thing Raider, SLonezp, or I say.

[Fish Murderer 71]

You forgot to add #8...  To fish or not to fish?  What a stupid question, right?

[Bluebasser86]

"The vast majority of our imports come from outside the country."

George W. Bush

[tomustang]

"The vast majority of our imports come from outside the country."

George W. Bush

https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/13747.George_W_Bush

[d3bf48]

You can add an infinite number of other things to the list; just check any of Raider's posts.