INSPIRATIONAL ANALYTICS
Q: What's the best way to inspire greatness today?
A: With this beautiful photo of Chicago from Astronaut Tim Kopra.
While we may - as individuals - represent a microscopic portion of this gigantic universe, it is what we do each and every day that allows us to have the greatest, most positive impact on this world. Enjoy the inspirational quotes below and be sure to let us know at TheChicagoAnalyticsGroup@gmail.com if there are any you think we should add to the list!
A: With this beautiful photo of Chicago from Astronaut Tim Kopra.
While we may - as individuals - represent a microscopic portion of this gigantic universe, it is what we do each and every day that allows us to have the greatest, most positive impact on this world. Enjoy the inspirational quotes below and be sure to let us know at TheChicagoAnalyticsGroup@gmail.com if there are any you think we should add to the list!
"There is no putting the genie back in the bottle...Everyone will expect to be tracked and monitored, since the advantages, in terms of convenience, safety, and services, will be so great...Continuous monitoring will be the norm."
- Hal Varian, Chief Economist at Google
"What gets measured, gets managed."
- Peter Drucker
"The price of light is less than the cost of darkness."
- Arthur C. Nielsen, Market Researcher & Founder of ACNielsen
"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
- Geroge Santayana
"War is ninety percent information."
- Napolean Bonaparte, French Military & Political Leader
"A point of view can be a dangerous luxury when substituted for insight and understanding."
- Marshall McLuhan, Canadian Communications Professor
"In God we trust, all others must bring data."
- W. Edwards Deming
"Data! Data! Data! I can't make bricks without clay!"
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"He who would search for pearls must dive below."
- John Dryden
"The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value."
- Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher
"Once we know something, we find it hard to imagine what it was like not to know it."
- Chip & Dan Heath, Authors of Made to Stick, Switch
"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough."
- Albert Einstein, Physicist
"The greatest value of a picture is when it forces us to notice what we never expected to see."
- John Tukey, American Mathematician
"Data are just summaries of thousands of stories - tell a few of those stories to help make the data meaningful."
- Chip & Dan Heath, Authors of Made to Stick, Switch
"Numbers have an important story to tell. They rely on you to give them a clear and convincing voice."
- Stephen Few
"The value of an idea lies in the using of it."
- Thomas A. Edison, American Inventor
"Any powerful idea is absolutely fascinating and absolutely useless until we chose to use it."
- Richard Bach
"Opportunities multiply as they are seized."
- Sun Tzu
