--- title: "9 Gathering information Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Gathering information quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Gathering information sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fe/mercedes-lackey-2374_gathering_it-s-only-gossip-if-you-repeat-it-until_2130954.png" --- > [It's only gossip if you repeat it. Until then, it's gathering information.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mercedes-lackey/it-s-only-gossip-if-you-repeat-it-until-then-it-s-gathering/) [Mercedes Lackey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mercedes-lackey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fe/mercedes-lackey-2374_gathering_it-s-only-gossip-if-you-repeat-it-until_2130954.png) > [Sometimes you can have too much information. You keep gathering information and never bother to find out what the real answer is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shannon-walker/sometimes-you-can-have-too-much-information-you-keep-gathering/) [Shannon Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shannon-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4f/shannon-walker-11423_data_sometimes-you-can-have-too-much-informat_2628100.jpg) > [At Baupost, we constantly ask: 'What should we work on today?' We keep calling and talking. We keep gathering information. You never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-klarman/at-baupost-we-constantly-ask-what-should-we-work-on-today-we-keep/) [Seth Klarman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-klarman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fb/seth-klarman-1979_asks_at-baupost-we-constantly-ask-what-should_2148631.png) > [What do we tell our children? Haste makes waste. Look before you leap. Stop and think. Don't judge a book by its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/what-do-we-tell-our-children-haste-makes-waste-look-before-you-leap/) [Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4b/malcolm-gladwell-348_believe_what-do-we-tell-our-children-haste-makes_2180244.png) > [Young people live in a society in which every institution becomes an "inspection regime" - recording, watching, gathering information and storing data.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-giroux/young-people-live-in-a-society-in-which-every-institution-becomes-an/) [Henry Giroux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-giroux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c4/henry-giroux-945_community_young-people-live-in-a-society-in-which_3082074.png) > [The normal way of gathering information is through sound: when you hear information that you want to gather, you look in its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-hempton/the-normal-way-of-gathering-information-is-through-sound-when-you/) [Gordon Hempton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-hempton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/523/gordon-hempton-18344_committed_the-normal-way-of-gathering-information_876742.jpg) > [ It's a fascinating time, I think. I do believe that with all the qualifications I've said - \[such as\] the uncertain accuracy… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-evans/it-s-a-fascinating-time-i-think-i-do-believe-that-with-all-the/) [Harold Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-evans/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe6/harold-evans-15687_access_it-s-a-fascinating-time-i-think-i-do-bel_1679368.jpg) > [Don't let a single comic moment pass you by; then help the audience get the laughs. Give them permission to laugh by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-carver/don-t-let-a-single-comic-moment-pass-you-by-then-help-the-audience/) [James Carver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-carver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/149/james-carver-109286_audience_don-t-let-a-single-comic-moment-pass-you_2700575.jpg) > [I have a true aversion to teaching. The perennial business of a professor of mathematics is only to teach the ABC of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-friedrich-gauss/i-have-a-true-aversion-to-teaching-the-perennial-business-of-a/) [Carl Friedrich Gauss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-friedrich-gauss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8a/carl-friedrich-gauss-9412_aversion_i-have-a-true-aversion-to-teaching-the-p_1297320.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gathering-information/#itemlist", "name": "Gathering information Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's only gossip if you repeat it. 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