data, n.Definitions

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

Data is merely the plural of anecdote.

Data , tortured long enough, will confess to anything.

Data is not the plural of anecdote.

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

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

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

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