Quotes About The Importance Of Information

#1. The importance of information is directly proportional to its improbability.

Jerry Pournelle

#2. The research carried out in the area of language technology is of utmost importance for the consolidation of Portuguese as a language of global communication in the information society.

Pedro Passos Coelho

#3. Now if you are told that some piece of information will come as a shock to you, the chances are that you will really feel shocked, even if the information itself isn't of the slightest importance.

Walter R. Brooks

#4. The koloss he'd attacked did not rise. Its companions stood, looking unconcerned, though their eyes were focused on him. They seemed to want something.
"He ate my horse," Elend said, saying the first thing that came to his clouded mind.
The group of koloss nodded.

Brandon Sanderson

#5. Is there any purpose to translating poetry? A poem does not contain information of importance, like a signpost or a warning notice.

James Buchan

#6. One must understand the importance of an endless drive to get information and seek value.

Seth Klarman

#7. The main importance of Francis Bacon's influence does not lie in any peculiar theory of inductive reasoning which he happened to express, but in the revolt against second-hand information of which he was a leader.

Alfred North Whitehead

#8. One of the best means for arousing the wish to work on yourself is to realize that you may die at any moment. But first you must learn how to keep it in mind.

G.I. Gurdjieff

#9. Most of the results of using technical bugging devices were of little importance for my service. It may have been different in counter-intelligence, where bugs in flats, etc., were used to obtain a lot of information about what counter-intelligence was interested in.

Markus Wolf

#10. When we endure loss, the past reaches out to grip us from behind, but it's not wrong to turn your face forward.

Rachel Neumeier

#11. Information of fundamental importance to the general problem of atomic structure has resulted from systematic studies of the cosmic radiation carried out by the Wilson cloud-chamber method.

Carl D. Anderson

#12. The future doesn't have to mimic the worst parts of the present. There are new ways of sharing information, and as long as they don't give up on the importance of politics, the future is certainly open.

Henry Giroux

#13. With respect to the FBI, they had problems communicating in a vertical way, within the FBI itself, so that information of importance could get pushed up to those who were decision-makers.

Richard Ben-Veniste

#14. Citizens have to fight suppression of information on matters of vital public importance. To tell the truth is not a crime.

Edward Snowden

#15. I would like to do more dramas when I find a good role that will allow me to politely upset people's expectations of me as a comic actor.

Ben Stiller

#16. Just once in a while let us exalt the importance of ideas and information.

Edward R. Murrow

#17. Religious ceremonies are of paramount importance in Bali ( an island, don't forget, with seven unpredictable volcanoes on it-you would pray, too).

Elizabeth Gilbert

#18. For me archaeology is not a source of illustrations for written texts, but an independent source of historical information, with no less value and importance, sometimes more importance, that the written sources.

Michael Rostovtzeff

#19. There's always another story somewhere,

Abigail Roux

#20. As a kid, I often figured it was good to be patient to a fault.

Aimee Bender

#21. Importance of the random: keep brushing up against people, books, experiences we don't yet know what to do with.

Alain De Botton

#22. This Life is not what we have, it is what we believe in ...

Saurabh Dudeja

#23. Well, I have a couple of projects in the pipeline, but I'm taking things slow for now and being choosy about the roles I take up. One thing I can assure you of is that you are going to see a lot of me!

Natasha Henstridge

#24. Going home to Australia, it's good to get home, but it's kind of bad too because you get used to that way of life again and you have to come back to America.

Andrew Bogut

#25. As problems like identity theft become more prevalent, now more than ever, Americans need to take their financial health seriously - and this information is of the utmost importance.

Ruben Hinojosa

#26. Our sins live with us for eternity, and that is perhaps the most frightening thing of all. - Sims

Simon Holt

#27. Old age," she says, "is a wonderful disguise.

Katherine Applegate

#28. The greatest challenge facing mankind is the challenge of distinguishing reality from fantasy, truth from propaganda. Perceiving the truth has always been a challenge to mankind, but in the information age (or as I think of it, the disinformation age) it takes on a special urgency and importance.

Michael Crichton

#29. In any decision situation, the amount of relevant information available is inversely proportional to the importance of the decision.

Paul Dickson