Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf Quotes

There is a profound difference between information and meaning.

What I care about is maximum information.

The analysis of concepts is for the understanding nothing more than what the magnifying glass is for sight.

If you will read again what is written, you will see how it was.

The closer the look one takes at a word, the greater distance from which it looks back.

It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot.

Information's pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience.

Judgment is contained in the act of trying to understand.

I feel like if you can describe something fully and accurately, then people will be able to see it themselves - they don't need be told what to.

A lot of the fun lies in trying to penetrate the mystery; and this is best done by saying over the lines to yourself again and again, till they pass through the stage of sounding like nonsense, and finally return to a full sense that had at first escaped notice.

If we notice a few errors in the work of a proven master, we may and even will often be correct; if we believe, however, that he is completely and utterly mistaken, we are in danger of missing his entire concept.

Knowledge goes hand and hand with truth.

Data is not necessarily information. Information does not necessarily lead to knowledge. And knowledge is not always sufficient to discover truth and breed wisdom.

Facts are often complicated.

Information is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom.

Data is not intelligence.

Where everyone else sees a straight line, you see a maze, and when I'm done talking to you, the maze starts to make more sense --Reply by Dove to Aly's silent inquiry

Context is to data what water is to a dolphin

I don't talk things, sir. I talk the meaning of things.

The goal is to turn data into information, and information into insight.

Transmitting information is easier than creating understanding.

You can't see all of a place until you look at it from a distance.

I really value words. I really try to illustrate and let people draw their own conclusions.

In many cases it is a matter for decision and not a simple matter of fact whether x understands y; and so on.

But history is neither watchmaking nor cabinet construction. It is an endeavor toward better understanding.