The Top-Ten All Time Stupid Quotes

#10 “There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home.” ~Kenneth Olsen, President of Digital Equipment Corp, 1977

#9 “Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value.” ~Marshal Ferdinand Foch, French military strategist, 1911

#8 “[Man will never reach the moon] regardless of all future scientific advances.” ~Dr. Lee DeForest, Inventor of the audion tube, 1967

#7 “[Television] won’t be able to hold on to any market it captures after the first six months. People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night.” ~Darryl Zanuck, Head of 20th Century Fox, 1946

#6 “We don’t like their sound. Groups of guitars are on the way out.” ~DECCA Records rejecting The Beatles, 1962

#5 “For the majority of people, the use of tobacco has a beneficial effect.” ~Dr. Ian MacDonald, Los Angeles Surgeon General, 1969

#4 “This ‘telephone’ has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us.” ~Western Union Internal Memo, 1876

#3 “The earth is the center of the universe.” ~Ptolemy, The great Egyptian astronomer, 2 A.D.

#2 “Nothing of importance happened today.” ~King George of England, July 4, 1776

And the #1All-time Stupid Quote: “Everything that can be invented has been invented.” ~Charles Duell, U.S. Commissioner of patents, 1899

Discussion Questions Read “Paradigm of Self” (p.13-16) According to the text, what are some self-paradigms? Read “Paradigm of Others” (p.16-18) According to the text, how does your paradigm of others affect your thinking? Read “Paradigms of Life” (p.18-23) According to the text, what are some examples of “centers”? Are they positive or negative? Read “Principle-Centered: The Real Thing” (p. 24-27) Discuss how being “principle-centered” is positive.