“If I would have asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.”

Attributed to Henry Ford (the car maker dude); although Patrick Vlaskovits suggests Ford never actually said this.

If people had gotten faster horses rather than cars then the world would be a different place. For example, Ford introduced mass production techniques that where utilised in both the military (e.g. WW2) and commercial environments.

Reference

Vlaskovits, P. (2011) Henry Ford, Innovation, and That “Faster Horse” Quote. Available from World Wide Web: https://hbr.org/2011/08/henry-ford-never-said-the-fast. [Accessed: 22 November, 2015].