Quotes About Information

Living in truth cannot be reduced to having access to full information.

I learned analytics. It's a point of reference, of information. It has to be a factor in decision making.

In 1963 and later papers, I pointed out that the special market characteristics of medical care and medical insurance could be explained by reference to differences in information among the parties involved.

Nobody reads a reference book to be amused, much less charmed.

I love to consume information of all kinds, and I think that also hopefully helps with my broadcasting, that I always try to bring up a fact that maybe will connect to a person who's not a big fan, or maybe a pop culture reference.

Our free enterprise system of disseminating information is collectively referred to as The Media. But there is no collective.

The word 'eavesdropper' originally referred to people who, under the pretence of taking in some fresh air, would stand under the 'eavesdrip' of their house - from which the collected raindrops would fall - in the hopes of catching any juicy tid-bits of information that might come their way from their neighbour's property.

I believe that Secretary Clinton has said, has acknowledged, that that was not the best way to handle her emails back then... and has turned over all of the information and the emails and documents and now the server.

I think it's true we look forward to enormous amounts of information, but I think we would be better off if we thought about the kinds of wisdom and thoughtfulness that we need in order to handle the amount of information ahead.

I am always anxious to know what has happened while I've been asleep.

Everybody knows what's going on. Even if they don't watch it they know what's happening.

I go to Buzzfeed and 'Huff Po,' IMDB, 'Deadline.' And then I just Google myself, like 'Aasif Mandvi in a hat,' and see what comes up.

I'm ashamed to say that I really hated the Internet. I didn't understand it and I thought, 'What's the point of this?'

I, perhaps wrongly, assume that people actually read articles that interest them rather than just headlines.

There is so much going on in our country and in the world today... We're getting the headlines for a second, shaped by corporate delivery most of the time, but what's really the story there? Well, I'm turned on by that kind of stuff.

We all want more information available when making health care decisions for ourselves and our families.

One of the big drivers for me is that health care is a very elitist system. As much as we try to make it free and democratic for all, the reality is that it's expensive and not all therapies are accessible to all people. So I have been very focused on making sure that we democratize genetic information so it's available to everyone.

Parents, of course, have concerns and 'say,' but they don't have the right to shield their children from knowledge. That is not a right, any more than they have the right to shield their children from healthcare or medicine.

Electronic medical records are, in a lot of ways, I think the aspect of technology that is going to revolutionize the way we deliver care. And it's not just that we will be able to collect information, it's that everyone involved in the healthcare enterprise will be able to use that information more effectively.

Big data is going to make us all healthier.

Personally, I find visualisations great for helping me understand the world and for sifting the huge amounts of information that deluge me every day.

We hope that by sharing my experience - our experience, Lennon and I - that somebody who is going through this process or helping their loved one through it might feel less alone, and might even have some better information for their cancer care.

I like knowing what's going on in the world - even if most of the time I feel helpless.

Henry Louis Gates is such a wealth of knowledge in himself.