Accepting Quote by James Tiptree Jr

We sometimes get all the information, but we refuse to get the message.

— Cullen Hightower

Information is now a commodity that can be bought and sold, or used as a form of entertainment, or worn like a garment to…

— Neil Postman

Information is only useful when it can be understood

— Muriel Cooper

Transmitting information is easier than creating understanding.

— Harold Evans

The purpose of information is not knowledge. It is being able to take the right action.

— Peter Drucker

“We all would like to know more and, at the same time, to receive less information. In fact, the problem of a worker in…

— Mario Augusto Bunge

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

— R.F. Georgy

“This is a society that regards information, the ability to communicate instantly, as an entitlement.”

— Ted Koppel

Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves.

— Aaron Swartz

I shall suggest, on the contrary, that all communication relies, to a noticeable extent on evoking knowledge that we cannot tell, and that all…

— Michael Polanyi

It would be ideal if we could have an uncontrolled flow of information. But we realized you can't do that.

— John Poindexter

Information is just signs and numbers, while knowledge involves their meaning. What we want is knowledge, but what we get is information.

— Heinz Pagels