Friday, March 13, 2009

Yesterday & Today

For I dipped into the future, far as human eye could see, 
Saw the vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be
-Alfred, Lord Tennyson
TODAY
Parking Garage, Wolfsburg, Germany (above)
Millau Viaduct (below), the highest bridge in the world, France (below)

What about past predictions that went wrong?

-"Our country has deliberately undertaken a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far reaching in purpose." - Herbert Hoover, on Prohibition, 1928

-"Sensible and responsible women don't want to vote." - President Grover Cleveland, 1905

-"The Americans are good about making fancy cars and refrigerators, but that doesn't mean they are any good at making aircraft. They are bluffing! They are excellent at bluffing." - Reichsmarshal Herman Goering, Commander of the Luftwaffe, 1942

- "With over fifteen types of foreign cars already on sale here, the Japanese auto industry isn't likely to carve out a big share of the market for itself." - Business Week, August 2, 1968

3 comments:

Opus #6 said...

"With over fifteen types of foreign cars already on sale here, the Japanese auto industry isn't likely to carve out a big share of the market for itself." - Business Week, August 2, 1968
This is a great one. There is always room for excellence.

WoFat said...

"What's that noise?" Aiko Hideoshi, Hiroshima, 1945.

B. Payden Photography, LLC said...

LL- I love the picture of the VW storage facility, I have seen it before and it is a wonderful facility. Thanks for sharing with all of us.

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