Predictions Quotes

342 Predictions quotes by 251 unique authors

Rail travel at high speed is not possible because passengers, unable to breathe, would die of asphyxia. — Dionysius Lardner
In spite of the opinions of certain narrow-minded people who would shut up the human race upon this globe, we shall one day travel to… — Jules Verne
In this age of inventive wonders all men have come to believe that in some genius' brain sleeps the solution of the grand problem of… — Mark Twain
And then, the Earth being small, mankind will migrate into space, and will cross the airless Saharas which separate planet from planet and sun from… — William Winwood Reade
I hold that in the flight of the soaring birds (the vultures, the eagles, and other birds which fly without flapping) ascension is produced by… — Unknown Author
To set foot on the soil of the asteroids, to lift by hand a rock from the Moon, to observe Mars from a distance of… — Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
To the possible enquiry as to the probable character of a successful flying machine, the writer would answer that in his judgment two types of… — Octave Chanute
It is apparent to me that the possibilities of the aeroplane, which two or three years ago were thought to hold the solution to the… — Thomas A. Edison
I have not the smallest molecule of faith in aerial navigation other than ballooning, or of the expectation of good results from any of the… — Lord Kelvin
Few people who know of the work of Langley, Lilienthal, Pilcher, Maxim and Chanute but will be inclined to believe that long before the year… — H.G. Wells
There is no basis for the ardent hopes and positive statements made as to the safe and successful use of the dirigible balloon or flying… — George W. Melville
A day will come when beings, now latent in our thoughts and hidden in our loins, shall stand upon Earth as a footstool and laugh,… — H.G. Wells
I have had the feeling that a properly constructed flying-machine should be capable of being flown as a kite; and conversely, that a properly constructed… — Alexander Graham Bell
Aerial flight is one of that class of problems with which man will never be able to cope. . . . The example of the… — Simon Newcomb
I believe the new machine of the Wrights to be the most promising attempt at flight that has yet been made. — Octave Chanute
The machine may even carry mail is special cases. But the useful load will be very small. The machines will eventually be fast, they will… — Octave Chanute
It seems to me that the conquest of the air is the only major task for our generation. — T.E. Lawrence
This fellow Charles Lindbergh will never make it. He's doomed. — Unknown Author
I do not think that a flight across the Atlantic will be made in our time, and in our time I include the youngest readers. — Unknown Author
No place is safe - no place is at peace. There is no place where a women and her daughter can hide and be at… — H.G. Wells
This new sport is comparable to no other. It is, in my opinion, one of the most intoxicating forms of sport, and will, I am… — Unknown Author
With the possible exception of having more pleasing lines to the eye while in flight, the monoplane possesses no material advantage over the biplane. — Glenn Curtiss
The aeroplane is an invention of the devil and will never play any part in such a serious business as the defence of the nation,… — Unknown Author
[Airmail was] an impractical sort of fad, and had no place in the serious job of postal transportation. — Paul Henderson
Oh well, I suppose lots of people will do it now. — Arthur Whitten Brown

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