Apparently David Packard of HP did:
"During my sophomore year at Stanford, I remember lamenting that I had been born one hundred years too late, that all the frontiers had been conquered and that my generation would be deprived of the pioneering opportunities offered to our forebears. But in fact, we went on to make breathtaking advances in the twentieth century."
I also read in "A Team of Rivals" that President Lincoln wrote a letter as a young man lamenting the fact that he has 'missed' his opportunity to make a mark on the nation, as the "Founder Fathers had done it all" or some such.
Another poker analogy is a four - flusher; someone who is all talk and no substance. There certainly are lots of wantrepreneurs who fall into that category.
I also read in "A Team of Rivals" that President Lincoln wrote a letter as a young man lamenting the fact that he has 'missed' his opportunity to make a mark on the nation, as the "Founder Fathers had done it all" or some such.
I do think it is a common refrain of the young.