In general, I found that the more that debates can be about facts and data, the more likely government is to make sound decisions that benefit innovators and the American people. – Julius Genachowski
Education has always produced an incredible amount of data; that’s always been obvious to me. But technology had to catch up. – Jose Ferreira
An important finding is that by determining the genome sequences of an entire family, one can identify many DNA sequencing errors and thus greatly increase the accuracy of the data. This will ultimately help us understand the role of genetic variations in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. – Leroy Hood
I’m kind of fascinated by this idea that we can surround ourselves with information: we can just pile up data after data after data and arm ourselves with facts and yet still not be able to answer the questions that we have. – John D’Agata
According to the Privacy Rights Center, up to 10 million Americans are victims of ID theft each year. They have a right to be notified when their most sensitive health data is stolen. – Luis Gutierrez
Incidentally, think about the ramifications of storing data on light waves that can be stopped and started at the speed of light. – Lene Hau
The U.S has acquired reservoirs of goodwill around the globe over many years. But it is clear – from polling data and ample anecdotal evidence – that America is losing its allure in much of the world. – Lee H. Hamilton
Anybody who is familiar with the historical data from the IRS knows that raising income tax rates will likely actually reduce federal revenues. – Mike Pence
Uncontrolled access to data, with no audit trail of activity and no oversight would be going too far. This applies to both commercial and government use of data about people. – John Poindexter
Advertisers don’t want to be ignored, and they are drunk on our data, which is what Google and other large networks are really selling. The ads are almost a by-product; what companies really want to know is what antiperspirant a woman of 25-34 is most likely to purchase after watching ‘House of Cards.’ – Jeffrey Zeldman
People realised this is real pollution; it is not fog. Now everyone has to face the data and come out of their comfort zone. – Ma Jun
While data can only tell you what has happened in the past, it can in some ways give you a sense of what might be of interest to an audience in the future. – Kevin Spacey
I wanted to separate data from programs, because data and instructions are very different. – Ken Thompson
If you grew up, and you never had a computer, and you’ve never used the Internet, and someone asked you if you wanted to buy a data plan, your response would be ‘What’s a data plan, and why would I want to use this?’ – Mark Zuckerberg
Democrats did not lose control of the Senate because African Americans did not vote. Actually, as supported by preliminary exit poll data, the complete opposite is the case. African Americans increased as a proportion of the electorate in 2014 over 2010. – Marcia Fudge
So you will see us continue to advance the state of the art or take information that we have in our response data bases and have that drive automation or an automated response by some of our products. – John W. Thompson
Graphics has lately made a great shift towards machine learning, which itself is about understanding data. – Jefferson Han
To understand how quickly we’re cooking the planet, we need good data. To have good data, we need good satellites. – Jeff Goodell
I felt that the biological clock was some myth to keep me from doing what I wanted to do. And so I rebelled against it in the ’90s. I thought it was a backlasher, some sort of faulty data. But it’s real. I’m glad I woke up before my body was just like ‘uh-uh.’ – Lili Taylor
I never really understood the idea that nonfiction ought to be this dispensary of data that we have at the moment. – John D’Agata
When judging a product, we rarely have exhaustive scientific data to go by. As a result, if we are to form a complete picture, we must fill in the blanks, just as we must in our visual perception. – Leonard Mlodinow
Big data has been used by human beings for a long time – just in bricks-and-mortar applications. Insurance and standardized tests are both examples of big data from before the Internet. – Jose Ferreira
TIA was being used by real users, working on real data – foreign data. Data where privacy is not an issue. – John Poindexter
Some 43 percent of voters in union households voted for President Bush in 2004, according to exit poll data. – Linda Chavez
Every time you log in to Facebook, every time you click on your News Feed, every time you Like a photo, every time you send anything via Messenger, you add another data point to the galaxy they already have regarding you and your behavior. – Jon Evans
At the global level, there are a growing number of city-based bike-sharing programs that take advantage of mobile devices to reserve your bike, keep track of it, and collect data that helps to improve the service. – Lisa Gansky