Quotes about Information

I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world.

When you want to do your homework, fill out your tax return, or see all the choices for a trip you want to take, you need a full-size screen.

The right information brings knowledge. And knowledge is power. Sharing it is empowerment.

I don't think the intelligence reports are all that hot. Some days I get more out of the New York Times.

Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands, it also seldom works properly.

Genes are effectively one-dimensional. If you write down the sequence of A, C, G and T, that's kind of what you need to know about that gene. But proteins are three-dimensional. They have to be because we are three-dimensional, and we're made of those proteins. Otherwise we'd all sort of be linear, unimaginably weird creatures.

An atom is a hierarchy of different states of information that define the statistical likelihood of finding a particle here or there at the time of observation.

There comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.

Suspense in news is torture.

We have largely traded wisdom for information, depth for breadth. We want to microwave maturity.

The internet is full of many false and unverified quotes.

Historically, privacy was almost implicit, because it was hard to find and gather information. But in the digital world, whether it's digital cameras or satellites or just what you click on, we need to have more explicit rules - not just for governments but for private companies.