| 1. |
"That
idea [that airplanes could sink battleships by dropping
bombs on them] is so ... nonsensical and impossible
that I'm willing to stand on the bridge of a battleship
while that nitwit tries to hit it from the air."
... |
| 2. |
"Heavier-than-air
flying machines are impossible." ... |
| 3. |
"Reagan
doesn't have the presidential look." ... |
| 4. |
"A
severe depression like that of 1920-1921 is outside
the range of probability." ... |
| 5. |
"We
know on the authority of Moses, that longer than
six thousand years, the world did not exist."
... |
| 6. |
"[It
would be] impossible! [that Cassius Clay could last
six rounds in his upcoming bout with World Heavyweight
Champion Sonny Liston in 1964.]" ... |