Jack Dangermond Quotes

Obviously, a man's judgement cannot be better than the information on which he bases it

I approve designs not because I think I am more gifted or somebody who can see ahead three or four years from now, but just to make sure that the design is a logical, rational decision, taken after analyzing pros and cons.

You should have a fund of knowledge of something and out of that you make up you mind.

Neither you nor I nor Einstein nor the Supreme Court of the United States is brilliant enough to reach an intelligent decision on any problem without first getting the facts

There is, therefore, wisdom in reserving one's decisions as long as possible and until all the facts and forces that will be potent at the moment are revealed.

You can only make decisions with the information you have at the time

You can't make good decisions without knowing the business.

People who are great at making decisions in the face of uncertainty have great judgment.

People are trying to build a society where they can talk across the aisle so to speak, and have civil discourse. At the same time we're trying to inform ourselves about what's really true so that we can make evidence based decisions that is better than superstition or rumor. But the fact is that people who use evidence based decision making have much better life outcomes, greater life satisfaction, they live longer, they make better personal and medical decisions, better financial decisions. But parallel to that is you can't reason somebody out of a position they didn't reason themselves into.

If you're informed, you make an informed choice. You understand the quality of certain things and you understand the history of certain things.

I try to educate the public and let them make the decisions for themselves.

People are governed by the head; a kind heart is of little value in chess.

But why allow someone to make a bad choice when a little information might engender a better one? It's hard to wake up and see the sun if the blinds are pulled.

For now, decisions are upon us and we cannot afford delay. We cannot mistake absolutism for principle or substitute spectacle for politics, or treat name-calling as reasoned debate.

There are no bad people, there are people with insufficient information to make appropriate decisions.

What is to be once resolved on should be first often well considered.

Even if you reject everything, it is always better to know what it is you are rejecting.

The game of chess is a metaphor for life... it teaches you strategy and it teaches you the value of knowing where you are, where you want to get to and what obstacles are in the way that you need to navigate in order to get there.

Whenever I think about an issue, I always argue the opposite side of it. So, when I ultimately decide on a course of action, I've already been through all the conceivable scenarios, and I'm going to go for it.

The wise form right judgment of the present from what is past.

The maps are really like a filter. They filter information for you to make better decisions on where you are going and what to do.

I think for me, as a parent, once my children are thoroughly informed, they can make the decisions that they want to make. The only thing that I demand is a complete comprehension [of the information].

Usually, I'm pretty good about sorting through the options and then making decisions that I'm confident are the best decisions in that moment, given the information we have. But there are times where I think I wish I could have imagined a different level of insight.

I think what you expect of every candidate and ultimately of a president is to listen to the facts and to deal with things in a way that's smart and direct. I'm confident that's exactly what President [Donald] Trump will do.

The only way to make the right decision is to find out which is the wrong decision, to examine that other path without fear, and only then decide.