Finagle’s New Law of Information, 1979: 1. The information we have is not what we want. 2. The information we want is not what we need. 3. The information we need isn’t available. We are drowning in information and starved for knowledge.
Information Quotes
We must be contented to amuse, when we cannot inform.
Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
There are four means of obtaining information about the enemy’s operations: espionage, reconnaissances, questioning prisoners, and signals.
When action grows unprofitable, gather information; when information grows unprofitable, sleep.
In your thirst for knowledge, be sure not to drown in all the information.
Information’s pretty thin stuff, unless mixed with experience.
As a general rule the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.
We all get heavier as we get older because there’s a lot more information in our heads.
Most CEO’s still believe that it’s the chief information officer’s job to identify the information he requires. This is, of course, a fallacy. The information officer is a toolmaker; the CEO is the tool user.
