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I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way.

The world is really run by the Web. There's so much information out there that you can click and keep going down the rabbit hole finding stuff.

Whenever I found out anything remarkable, I have thought it my duty to put down my discovery on paper, so that all ingenious people might be informed thereof.

I'd aspired to give people a profound education - to teach them something substantial. But the data was at odds with this idea.

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

Our ability to do great things with data will make a real difference in every aspect of our lives.

Some of the best theorizing comes after collecting data because then you become aware of another reality.

As a historian, what I trust is my ability to take a mass of information and tell a story shaped around it.

The fact is that data are worth a lot of money.

The more up-to-date the information, the more valuable it is.