Data isn't information. ... Information, unlike data, is useful. While there's a gulf between data and information, there's a wide ocean between info…

- Clifford Stoll

Data is not information, Information is not knowledge, Knowledge is not understanding, Understanding is not wisdom.

- Clifford Stoll

I spend almost as much time figuring out what's wrong with my computer as I do actually using it.

- Clifford Stoll

If you really want to know about the future, don't ask a technologist, a scientist, a physicist. No! Don't ask somebody who's writing code. No, if yo…

- Clifford Stoll

The first time you do something, it's science. The second time, it's engineering. The third time, it's just being a technician. I'm a scientist. Once…

- Clifford Stoll

Data isn't information, any more than fifty tons of cement is a skyscraper.

- Clifford Stoll

Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months.

- Clifford Stoll

There is a difference between having access to information and having the savvy it takes to interpret it.

- Clifford Stoll

The Internet is a perfect diversion from learning... it opens many doors that lead to empty rooms.

- Clifford Stoll