data

computer

is as essential to deduction as clay is to making bricks.

Data!data!data!' he cried impatiently. 'I can't make bricks without clay. Arthur Conan Doyle

is like garbage. You'd better know what you are going to do with it before you collect it.

Data is like garbage. You'd better know what you are going to do with it before you collect it. Mark Twain

The plural of anecdote is data. - Raymond Wolfinger

is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom.

Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom. Clifford Stoll

, tortured long enough, will confess to anything.

Overheard: If you torture data long enough, you can get it to confess to anything.

is what we are surrounded by, and yet we are starved for insights.

We are surrounded by data, but starved for insights.

is always easy to exploit --- the devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.