Quotes About Information

The value of Eric Foner's 'The Fiery Trial' lies in its comprehensive review of mostly familiar material; in its sensible evaluation of the full range of information already available about Abraham Lincoln and slavery; and in the deft thoroughness of its scholarship.

A trial deals with only a limited amount of information, considering only the evidence which is available and also admissible and which relates directly to the charges on the indictment.

In the world today, we humans have become more self-absorbed, more tribal and tenacious in holding on to our narrow agendas; we have become consumed by the barrage of information inundating us; we are even more fickle when it comes to leaders.

We the people have no excuse for starry-eyed sycophantic group-think in the Information Age. Knowledge is but a fingertip away.

Knowledge without Truth is information without illumination and its all like icing without cake, can be sweet, but it ends up making you sick.

I read nonfiction for information, fiction for truth.

It is the information we have that will determine who will hold a dominant position in this world

True education kindles the student's mind but teaching fills the mind with information.

The urge to want some bit of information to be true often clouds our ability to assess why that information may be false.

Between video games and texting, how do our youth find the time to know everything?

The profession of journalism ought to be about telling people what they need to know - not what they want to know.

Experiencing the world through Endless secondhand information isn't enough. If we want authenticity we have to initiate it.

The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.

News is what people don't want you to print. Everything thing else is ads.

There are people in government who don't want other people to know what they know. It's just another example of elitism. And I spit on elitism. Show me an elitist, and I'll show you a loser.

There are so few surprises left in life. We've gotten so addicted to knowing. It's the Google generation. We want the answer to everything right now!

But the Congress has made the determination that certain kinds of information can be protected even though the American people may want to have access to information.

As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind. Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.

Real journalism is publishing something that somebody else does not want published - the rest is just public relations.

News is what someone wants suppressed. Everything else is advertising.

News is something somebody doesn't want printed; all else is advertising.

Film school is a complete con, because the information is there if you want it.

Information about the future is much more valuable and interesting than information about the past.

And even if we make good plans based on the best information available at the time and people do exactly what we plan, the effects of our actions may not be the ones we wanted because the environment is nonlinear and hence is fundamentally unpredictable. As time passes the situation will change, chance events will occur, other agents such as customers or competitors will take actions of their own, and we will find that what we do is only one factor among several which create a new situation.