Information Quotes

"In a time of information avalanche, focusing on what is true and important can be a revolutionary act."

"Technology is so much fun but we can drown in our technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge."

Daniel J. Boorstin

"Before you become too entranced with gorgeous gadgets and mesmerizing video displays, let me remind you that information is not knowledge, knowledge is not wisdom, and wisdom is not foresight."

Arthur C. Clarke

"We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom."

E. O. Wilson

“Prices are important not because money is considered paramount but because prices are a fast and effective conveyor of information through a vast society in which fragmented knowledge must be coordinated.”

“Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders.”

"As a general rule the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information."

Benjamin Disraeli

"Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?"

T. S. Eliot

“The two words "information" and "communication" are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through.”

Sydney J. Harris

“Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant.”

Mitchell Kapor