“There is a rampant tendency in any industry where someone is trying to sell something with a bunch of data, where they cherry pick a little bit... bias a little bit. This becomes quite easy when there is an enormous amount of data to cherry pick from.” TryingLittlesEasyBitsIndustryAmountLittle BitPicksSellsEnormousBunchTendenciesDataBiasCherries Author:Burt Rutan
“The amount of information that can be stored by the ultimate laptop, 10 to the 31st bits, is much higher than the 10 to the 10th bits stored on current laptops.” BitsInformationAmountHigherUltimateCurrentsLaptops Author:Seth Lloyd
“I'm a bit down. Liza Minelli and David Gest, I don't know how it didn't work out. How can a man who likes other men and a woman who drinks not get along? The interesting thing is this - there is no conceivable amount of money worth telling the world that you were beaten up by Liza Minelli.” KnowsMenWorldBitsInterestingKnow HowAmountDrinkWork OutLikesBeatenInteresting Things Author:Jon Stewart
“I keep social with everyone because I want to know what's going on at every level. At the same time, if I'm not alone a certain amount of time per day then I'll go nuts, because I can't write and I can't think. I can't deal with people all the time. I like being alone. I'm a bit of a cat lady in that way.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWayWantWritingI CanCertainSocialBitsLevelsDealsAmountCatNutsNot AloneBecause I CanLike Being AloneCat Lady Author:Courtney Love
“Genius, throughout history, has been found difficult to classify because it varies in amount: It's rare to find a genius in the context of the noun, but most people, if not all, have a bit of genius in them in the context of the adjective.” PeopleIfsHas BeensFoundBitsDifficultAmountGeniusVaryAdjectivesNouns Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“I think the thing we see is that as people are using video games more, they tend to watch passive TV a bit less. And so using the PC for the Internet, playing video games, is starting to cut into the rather unbelievable amount of time people spend watching TV.” PeopleThinkingGamesBitsWatchesCuttingTvsAmountInternetStartingVideoPassiveUnbelievableWatching TvPlaying Video Games Author:Bill Gates
“I don't really agree that most academics frown when they hear Wikipedia. Most academics I find quite passionate about the concept of Wikipedia and like it quite a bit. The number of academics who really really don't like Wikipedia is really quite small and we find that they get reported on in the media far out of proportion to the amount they actually exist.” BitsNumbersMediaAmountConceptsAgreePassionateProportionWikipedia Author:Jimmy Wales
“It sounds blase but there is a certain amount of luck. We'd all like to take a certain amount of credit for Kevin Doyle... I can't really remember what it was I particularly liked about Kevin when I watched him in Ireland. I had five pints of Guinness in the afternoon and it was all a bit blurred.” I CanRememberCertainBitsSoundFiveFootballAmountLuckCreditManagersSoccerAfternoonIrelandChairmanKevinPintsGuinness Author:Steve Coppell
“I'm not going to retire because I want the money. We want honest athletes, but at the same time, you're going to have people saying, 'He's so greedy. He's made X amount of money, and he has to take that last little bit.' Yes, I do have to take that last little bit. I'm sorry if that is frustrating to some, but if they were in my shoes, they would do exactly the same thing.” PeopleIfsWantLittlesMadeFunnyLastsBitsHonestAmountLittle BitSorryShoesAthleteNbaRetiringI'm SorryGreedyFrustrating Author:Steve Nash
“[On charity] I try to pick subjects that I can learn about and then focus on and then do as much as I can. If you have a tremendous amount of heat from the spotlight, then you're able to shine a little bit more of your light in a different direction. It's just deflecting. My dad calls it a celebrity credit card that you can cash in. I think if you're in this position you should do it.” IfsThinkingShouldTryingLittlesI CanDifferentLightAbleBitsFocusSubjectsPositionAmountDadLittle BitPicksShiningCharityMy DadCreditCardsHeatCashCredit CardSpotlightDifferent DirectionsDeflecting Author:George Clooney
“You know, we have little bits of understanding, glimpses, a little bit of light here and there, but there's a tremendous amount of darkness, which is a challenge. I think life would be pretty boring if we understood everything. It's better if we don't understand anything and know that we don't, that's the important part.” IfsThinkingKnowsLittlesImportantLightWould BeBitsUnderstandingChallengesDarknessAmountLittle BitUnderstoodBoringGlimpseHere And There Author:Noam Chomsky
“The president is the cube of ice one places in the pot of a houseplant, providing a steady amount of nourishment over the course of a hot day. A good description of the job and also a fantastic bit of practical household advice.” JobsCoursesBitsPresidentAdviceAmountHotPracticalsIceFantasticDescriptionPotSteadyHouseholdProvidingNourishmentCubesHot Days Author:Abraham Lincoln
“Meaning coming from feeling, feeling coming from within, you absorb a massive amount of information, it goes through your whole body, a little bit of it floats up to your head where there is deliberation. You are conditioned by the way your whole body is responding to what is going on.” WayLittlesWholeFeelingsBodyBitsInformationAmountLittle BitMassiveWithin YouFloatsRespondingDeliberation Author:Bill Henson