Data Quotes · Page 54

Of course, having information to use is one thing. Knowing what it means and how to use it is a different story.

— Jeff Lindsay

Statistics: The only science that enables different experts using the same figures to draw different conclusions.

— Evan Esar

Intelligence takes chances with limited data in an arena where mistakes are not only possible but also necessary.

— Frank Herbert

If someone stole your keys to encrypt the data, it didn't matter how secure the algorithms were.

— Dmitri Alperovitch

“People outsourced their memories to data centers and basic skills to tabs.”

— David Mitchell

If you consider any set of data without a preconceived viewpoint, then a viewpoint will emerge from the data.

— William S. Burroughs

“Abundant information wants to be free. Scarce information wants to be expensive.”

— Chris Anderson

Statistics may be defined as "a body of methods for making wise decisions in the face of uncertainty.

— W. Allen Wallis

A calculator is a tool for humans to do math more quickly and accurately than they could ever do by hand; similarly,…

— Oren Etzioni

Concepts are vindicated by the constant accrual of data and independent verification of data. No prize, not even a Nobel Prize, can…

— Stanley B. Prusiner

Back in the days of Apollo, sending humans to the moon was the only viable way to get the scientific data we…

— Andy Weir

The vast majority of companies will not own their own data centers in the fullness of time. All that computing is moving…

— Andy Jassy

This is part of the core media strategy out of Trump's White House: to use federal troops to bolster his sagging poll…

— Ted Wheeler

The ability of businesses to monitor our behavior is already a fact of life, and it isn't going away. Of course we…

— Richard Thaler

The chief problem in historical honesty is not outright lying. It is omission or de-emphasis of important data. The definition of 'important',…

— Howard Zinn

I think audiences ultimately want something new. I think the business model for a franchise is such that it's very low risk…

— Gore Verbinski

The argument from design stands or falls on whether it can be demonstrated that some aspect of the universe such as its…

— Victor J. Stenger

Studies indicate that vegetarians often have lower morbidity and mortality rates. . . . Not only is mortality from coronary artery disease…

— John Robbins

The intellectual equipment needed for the job of the future is an ability to define problems, quickly assimilate relevant data, conceptualize and…

— Robert Reich

We just kind of relied on written scouting reports through the eighties and even the early nineties. I've really been amazed by…

— David Cone

So, what we do as the game accesses the Blu-ray disc, is we take any data that was accessed and we put…

— Mark Cerny

The physicist, in his study of natural phenomena, has two methods of making progress: (1) the method of experiment and observation, and…

— Paul Dirac

“We have seen segments of our Government, in their attitudes and action, adopt tactics unworthy of a democracy, and occasionally reminiscent of…

— Church Committee

“We believe that information is an enlightening agent, but I can assure you it is not. We consume information, but we can’t…

— R.F. Georgy

In almost every job now, people use software and work with information to enable their organization to operate more effectively.

— Bill Gates

In 2011, mobile data traffic in the United States was eight times the size of the entire global Internet in 2000. That's traffic.

— Marvin Ammori

“How much power is enough power, particularly now when data is power! What's the point of power and data, if they just…

— Abhijit Naskar

Individuals should be able to monetise their own data - that's their own human value - not to be exploited.

— Brittany Kaiser

Convey your passion and link your strengths to measurable results. Employers and interviewers love concrete data.

— Marcus Buckingham

As a consultant at McKinsey, I learned the value of data and the ability to shape that information into an answer.

— Pete Buttigieg

“Health analytics follows a kind of 80/20 rule where 80% of the effort is expended on obtaining, cleaning, warehousing, and tabulating the data.”

— Dwight McNeill

Data is of course important in manufacturing, but I place the greatest emphasis on facts.

— Taiichi Ohno

We're not in an information age anymore. We're in the information management age.

— Chris Hardwick

I stay away from the arts... writing songs, being creative - those are downloads from God. You can't do data analytics on…

— Troy Carter

There are two kinds of statistics, the kind you look up and the kind you make up.

— Rex Stout

The Facebook way is that you sit at the table and you state your opinion, back it up with data, and make…

— Marne Levine

“Without the ability to discern, we stand impotent in an age of information overload.”

— Anonymous

In C there are no data structures: there are pointers and pointer arithmetic. So you have a pointer into a data structure.

— James Gosling

The data is clear: If you give a woman an opportunity, she will make a huge difference.

— Carly Fiorina

If you're a cyber-criminal, the days of stealing data and then selling it for cash in the dark web - they're not…

— Dido Harding