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Data Quotes

Quotes on data, privacy, and the value of information.

A few quotes here question the assumption that gathering more data automatically solves observational problems, favoring better questions over bigger datasets. That skepticism pairs naturally with Information quotes.

In the spirit of science, there really is no such thing as a 'failed experiment.' Any test that yields valid data is a valid test.

Quotes by Adam Savage

Most economies have a fair amount of tax evasion, depending on how their data systems are.

Quotes by Abhijit Banerjee

There's something that happens with the collection of a large amount of data when it's dumped into an Excel spreadsheet or put into a pie chart. You run the risk of completely missing what it's about.

Quotes by Aaron Koblin

In the blockchain world, each user can and should own their data, and 'central' players are less vulnerable to data losses and breaches.

Quotes by William Mougayar

Big Quotes

Encryption provides enormous benefits to society by enabling secure communications, data storage, and online transactions.

Quotes by William Barr

There has been a substitution of ideology for fact and scientific and engineering data in this administration.

Quotes by Vint Cerf

No observational problem will not be solved by more data.

Quotes by Vera Rubin

If someone's criticism is completely unfounded on data, then I don't want to hear it. It doesn't hold up to scrutiny.

Quotes by Tim Ferriss

In 1988, federal data showed a modest China-trade surplus of $1.6 billion in Canada's favour.

Quotes by Terry Glavin

Information Quotes

I related to the whole hippie, acid-test confluence of the early Internet. The idea that we should be open and interoperate with our data resonated with me.

Quotes by Stewart Butterfield

What's encouraging is that the early new platforms - Kindle and iPad - are clearly leading to people buying more books. The data is in on that.

Quotes by Steven Johnson

People are very interested in having access to wireless data while they are on a plane.

Quotes by Steve Largent

We're guided by consumer data, and it helps give us the confidence to invest where the consumer is going.

Quotes by Steve Easterbrook

When I started out as an equity analyst, we had no securitization data. We relied on company data.

Quotes by Steve Eisman

Internet Quotes

Statistics on religious affiliation are notoriously slippery: the government isn't allowed to gather such data, and the membership claims of religious organizations aren't entirely reliable.

Quotes by Stephen J. Dubner

When you live in a networked environment, it's possible to separate data from applications.

Quotes by Stephen Cambone

There is a reasonable concern that posting raw data can be misleading for those who are not trained in its use and who do not have the broader perspective within which to place a particular piece of data that is...

Quotes by Stephen Cambone

The materialistic paradigm of Western science has been a major obstacle for any objective evaluation of the data describing the events occurring at the time of death.

Quotes by Stanislav Grof

The most valuable thing you can have as a leader is clear data.

Quotes by Ruth Porat

More Quotes

I used to collect computer punch cards from the data centers.

Quotes by Ross Perot, Jr.

Others focus on ownership, arguing that individuals should control their own data rather than trusting it entirely to centralized systems, with encryption named as a real safeguard. Related themes continue in Internet quotes and Big quotes.