Design Quote by Edward R. Tufte

“Data data everywhere, and not a thought to think!”

— n+1

“where data are sparse, competing ideas abound that are clever and wishful.”

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

“To condescend effectively it is clearly necessary to adhere to a narrow definition of relevant data.”

— Marilynne Robinson

“Huge volumes of data may be compelling at first glance, but without an interpretive structure they are meaningless.”

— Tom Boellstorff

Consider data without prejudice.

— Thomas A. Edison

“Data for data’s sake, or the mindless gathering of big data, without any conceptual framework for organizing and understanding it, may actually be bad…

— Geoffrey West

“What we lack in knowledge, we make up for in data. We”

— Ethem Alpaydin

“Reader, if you don’t know what a database is, rest assured that an explanation of the concept would in no way increase your enjoyment…

— Neal Stephenson

“Database Management System [Origin: Data + Latin basus "low, mean, vile, menial, degrading, ounterfeit."] A complex set of interrelational data structures allowing data to…

— Anonymous

“Data alone has no value—it’s just masses of numbers or words.”

— Steven J. Bowen

“Data is messy, and inference is hard.”

— Jordan Ellenberg

Sometimes the data has a sense of a structure within it, especially if I'm looking at networks or relationships, which generally lend themselves to…

— David Mccandless