If you're a scientist, and you have to have an answer, even in the absence of data, you're not going to be… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
What I think is coming instead are much more organic ways of organizing information than our current categorization schemes allow, based on… — Clay Shirky Copy Share Image
Don't measure anything unless the data helps you make a better decision or change your actions. If you're not prepared to change… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
The underground press serves as the only effective counter to a growing power, and more sophisticated techniques used by establishment mass media… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
Bad programmers worry about the code. Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
When locational information is collected, people should be given advance notice and a chance to opt out. Data should be erased as… — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
Data is of course important in manufacturing, but I place the greatest emphasis on facts. — Taiichi Ohno Copy Share Image
The weaker the data available upon which to base one's conclusion, the greater the precision which should be quoted in order to… — Norman Ralph Augustine Copy Share Image
While the official productivity data look impressive, alternative measures that are equally reasonable show a much more subdued picture. — Jan Hatzius Copy Share Image
“We’re at a crossroads in human history. The digital age has unearthed unprecedented access to information and connection, but it has also… — Sol Luckman Copy Share Image
Fudging the data in any way whatsoever is quite literally a sin against the holy ghost of science. I'm not religious, but… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
“Admiral Leonard H. "Bones" McCoy: How old do you think I am, anyway? Lt. Commander Data: 137 years, Admiral, according to Starfleet… — Star Trek The Next Generation Copy Share Image
There's a blizzard of metrics that social sites and messaging sites put out there. — Walt Mossberg Copy Share Image
Big data has been used by human beings for a long time - just in bricks-and-mortar applications. Insurance and standardized tests are… — Jose Ferreira Copy Share Image
Data, I think, is one of the most powerful mechanisms for telling stories. I take a huge pile of data and I… — Steven Levitt Copy Share Image
No data on air propellers was available, but we had always understood that it was not a difficult matter to secure an… — Orville Wright Copy Share Image
Over the course of two years, we arrived at a point where we began to look at the value added by making… — Stephen Cambone Copy Share Image
[On stereotyping:] It's the mind's way of processing a lot of information quickly. If we had to sort through every bit of… — Fay Faron Copy Share Image
Those who cry out that the government should 'do something' never even ask for data on what has actually happened when the… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The President's science advisor, who is a former Harvard professor named Holdren, is involved in the email scandals and covering up the… — Jim Sensenbrenner Copy Share Image
“Data scientist (noun): Person who is better at statistics than any software engineer and better at software engineering than any statistician. —… — Rachel Schutt Copy Share Image
People used to be unhappy that files and data of Aramco are undeclared, unclear, and not transparent. — Mohammad bin Salman Copy Share Image