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"The weaker the data available upon which to base one's conclusion, the greater the precision which should be quoted in order to give the data authenticity." »Norman R. Augustine
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"The primary purpose of the data statement is to give names to constants; instead of referring to pi as 3.141592653589793 at every appearance, the variable Pi can be given that value with a data statement and used instead of the longer form of the constant. This also simplifies modifying the program, should the value of pi change." »Fortran manual for Xerox Computers
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"In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence." »Laurence J. Peter
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"The plural of anecdote is data." »Ben J. Wattenberg
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"You can use all the quantitative data you can get, but you still have to distrust it and use your own intelligence and judgment." »Alvin Toffler
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"To write it, it took three months; to conceive it - three minutes; to collect the data in it - all my life." »F. Scott Fitzgerald
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"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts." »Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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"data is not information, Information is not knowledge, Knowledge is not understanding, Understanding is not wisdom." »Cliff Stoll & Gary Schubert
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