1. The Top-Ten All Time Stupid Quotes

2. #10
“There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home.” ~Kenneth Olsen, President of Digital Equipment Corp, 1977

3. #9
“Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value.” ~Marshal Ferdinand Foch, French military strategist, 1911

4. #8
“[Man will never reach the moon] regardless of all future scientific advances.” ~Dr. Lee DeForest, Inventor of the audion tube, 1967

5. #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. #6
“We don’t like their sound. Groups of guitars are on the way out.” ~DECCA Records rejecting The Beatles, 1962

7. #5
“For the majority of people, the use of tobacco has a beneficial effect.” ~Dr. Ian MacDonald, Los Angeles Surgeon General, 1969

8. #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

9. #3
“The earth is the center of the universe.” ~Ptolemy, The great Egyptian astronomer, 2 A.D.

10. #2
“Nothing of importance happened today.” ~King George of England, July 4, 1776

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

12. 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 )
Discuss how being “principle-centered” is positive.