New York Times editorial about Robert Goddard's revolutionary rocket work. It can't be done. It's just a fact of life. You just have to accept inconsistent muscle development as an unalterable condition of weight training. Fisher, Professor of Economics, Yale University, 1929.
Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value.
Ferdinand Foch, Professor of Strategy, Ecole Superieure de Guerre. Everything that can be invented has been invented.