>God himself couldn’t sink this ship.

>Picasso? He won’t amount to a thing… Trust me, he won’t.

>Rock ‘n Roll? A bunch of simpletons flailing their arms to jumbled noise! I assure you in one year know we won’t even remember the name of this passing fad!

>Civil rights? More like silly rights! It won’t pan out.

>Airplanes? Certain death, not to mention excessively expensive. That idea will never take flight!

>I just made myself a very lucrative deal with a Nigerian prince. My fortune is sure to triple in size.

>Powering machines through nuclear fission? Such marvel concepts that come out of these funny books. Surely no scientist of respect will look at it twice.

>Automobiles? For what purpose? Just make faster horses.

>3D technology? What kind of fool would pay for something he already experiences every day?

>Portable communication devices? That’s rich, did you get that idea from the Martians?

>Novels? Dollars to donnuts it’ll crash and burn. Respectable young men and woman should only read the newspaper and the cookbook, respectively.

>Digital computers? Oh, Rose, you and your silly hormone-driven delusions.

>Motion pictures? DAMN IT ROSE, I’M SICK OF YOUR WITCHCRAFT, YOU WILL MARRY ME!