Margaret MacMillan Quotes

Information is not knowledge.

Just because you've Googled something doesn't mean you've learned.

I think there's data, and then there's information that comes from data, and then there's knowledge that comes from information. And then, after knowledge, there is wisdom. I am interested in how to get from data to wisdom.

Information is bad for knowledge.

A capacity, and taste, for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others.

Experts often possess more data than judgment.

Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom.

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

Education, information and knowledge are all one.

I like to read and understand.

I don't want pictures, I want to find things out.

Education means to bring out wisdom. Indoctrination means to push in knowledge.

One thing I've learned: you can know anything, it's all there, you just have to find it.

Information is endlessly available to us; where shall wisdom be found?

It is vital to remember that information - in the sense of raw data - is not knowledge, that knowledge is not wisdom, and that wisdom is not foresight. But information is the first essential step to all of these.

They know enough who know how to learn.

Never write on a subject until you have read yourself full of it.

The more I read, the more I realise what I don't know.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not.

If you can't read, the only thing you can do is enjoy the pictures, not the whole story. Reading is the key to knowledge. Knowledge is the key to understanding. So read on, young man! Read on, young lady!

My own view about knowledge is we're always better to have knowledge.

Information's pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience.

True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.

Read in order to live.