Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Information Quotes from Austin

1) "Information is a source of learning. But unless it is organized, processed, and available to the right people in a format for decision making, it is a burden, not a benefit" - William Polland

2) "Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart, intelligence is not information alone but also judgment, the manner in which information is collected and used" - Dr. Carl Sagan

3) "You can always trust the information given to you by people who are crazy; they have an access to truth not available through regular channels" - Sheila Bullantyne

4) "Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family" - Kofi Annan

5) "Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wired, it wafts across the electrified borders" - Ronald Reagan

6) "If Information and knowledge are central to democracy, they are the conditions for development" - Kofi Annan

7) "Technology is so much fun but we can drown in over technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge" - Daniel J. Boorstin

8) "This information movement, left to its own devices, will increase the gap between rich and poor and rich and poor nations" - Michael C. Dertouzos

9) "Information on the internet is subject to the same rules and regulations as conversations at a bar" - Dr. George Lundberg

10) "Information is money, but data is squal" - Angela Llama-Butler

11) "The information in the world doubles everyday. What they don't tell us, is that our wisdom is cut in half at the same time" - Joey Novicle