Tuesday, November 10, 2009

That's Funny ...

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“Radio has no future … Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible … X-rays will prove to be a hoax.”

- Lord Kelvin, c. 1899


“The (atomic) bomb will never go off. I speak as an expert in explosives.”

- Admiral William Leahy


“If you haven’t found something strange during the day, it hasn’t been much of a day.”

- John Wheeler


“If time travel is possible, then where are the tourists from the future?”

- Stephen Hawking


“The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not Eureka (I found it!) but That’s funny …”

- Isaac Asimov

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