Here are some of my favorite quotes for anyone fascinated by data
- “A point of view can be a dangerous luxury when substituted for insight and understanding” – Marshall McLuhan
- “Anything that is measured and watched improves.” – Bob Parsons
- “Data beats emotions.” – Sean Rad, founder of Ad.ly
- “True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information.” – Winston Churchill
- “Data is a precious thing and will last longer than the systems themselves.” – Tim Berners-Lee
- “Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.” – Aldous Huxley
- “For every two degrees the temperature goes up, check-ins at ice cream shops go up by 2%.” – Andrew Hogue, Foursquare
- “If you don not know how to ask the right question, you discover nothing” – W. Edward Deming
- “If the statistics are boring, you’ve got the wrong numbers” – Edward Tufte
- “In God we trust. All others must bring data.” – W. Edwards Deming
- “If you torture the data long enough, it will confess” – Ronald Coase
- “Without big data analytics, companies are blind and deaf, wandering out onto the web like deer on a freeway.” – Geoffrey Moore
- “Let the data set change your mindset” – Hans Rosling
- “Data is the new Oil” – Clive Humby
and my favorite
If we have data, let’s look at data. If all we have are opinions, let’s go with mine. – Jim Barksdale
PS: Top 15 is the new top 10
