Data Quotes

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Perhaps generations of students of human evolution, including myself, have been flailing about in the dark; that our data base is too sparse, too slippery,… — David Pilbeam
Paleontologists [fossil experts] have paid an exorbitant price for Darwin's argument. We fancy ourselves as the only true students of life's history, yet to preserve… — Stephen Jay Gould
If you intend to study the mind, you must have systematic training; you must practice to bring the mind under your control, to attain to… — Swami Vivekananda
I have never left the company. I keep a tiny residual salary to this day because that's where my loyalty should be forever. I want… — Steve Wozniak
Information is not synonymous with knowledge. Information is only data, parts of the whole. Knowledge has a moral imperative to enhance intellectual and spiritual unity. — Ruth Nanda Anshen
When we have all data online it will be great for humanity. It is a prerequisite to solving many problems that humankind faces. — Robert Cailliau
The fact that all normal children acquire essentially comparable grammars of great complexity with remarkable rapidity suggests that human beings are somehow specially designed to… — Noam Chomsky
It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than to have 10 functions operate on 10 data structures. — Alan Perlis
I will, in fact, claim that the difference between a bad programmer and a good one is whether he considers his code or his data… — Linus Torvalds
I like creativity in data collection. Here are a few creative Google Analytics tracking ideas I have seen: — Georg Cantor
There is so much data available to us, but most data won't help us succeed. — Thomas Carlyle
If you are looking at data over and over you better be taking away valuable insight every time. If you are constantly looking at data… — Thomas Carlyle
If you torture the data long enough, it will confess. — Ronald Coase
I hate when people ask me to: "Massage the data". — Ronald Coase
Data can't speak for itself; it's up to you to give it a voice. Try to speak truthfully. — Ronald Coase
This is my favorite part about analytics: Taking boring flat data and bringing it to life through visualization. — John Tukey
Visualization is often used for evil - twisting insignificant data changes and making them look meaningful. Don't do that crap if you want to be… — John Tukey
My take away here is to not make assumptions when analyzing data. It might be safe to assume you Facebook page will produce more results… — Charles Caleb Colton
...We have 25 or so years invested in the work. Why should I make the data available to you, when your aim is to try… — Phil Jones
I'm getting hassled by a couple of people to release the CRU station temperature data. Don't any of you three tell anybody that the UK… — Phil Jones

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