Possible and impossible

"To drill for the sake of oil? You mean to drill the earth to find oil? You the loony", – when Edwin L. Drake tried to raise funds for the project on oil drilling in 1859. "The theory of microbes Paster Louie – a ridiculous fantasy", – Pierre to Pasha, professor of physiology in Toulouse, 1872. "At this 'phone' there are too much shortcomings seriously to consider it as a communication medium. The device is useless for us", – Western Union, 1876. "Aircraft heavier than air are impossible", – lord Calvin, 1895. In 1903 the first flight of brothers Wright took place. But, probably, in the XX century...