Quotes on Overload

Faced with information overload, we have no alternative but pattern-recognition.

Information overload refers to the notion that we're trying to take in more than the brain can handle.

We have met the Devil of Information Overload and his impish underlings, the computer virus, the busy signal, the dead link, and the PowerPoint presentation.

Awaken people's curiosity. It is enough to open minds, do not overload them. Put there just a spark.

Do not try to satisfy your vanity by teaching a great many things. Awaken people's curiosity. It is enough to open minds; do not overload them. Put there just a spark. If there is some good inflammable stuff, it will catch fire.

There is no such thing as information overload, just bad design. If something is cluttered and/or confusing, fix your design.

The fewer data needed, the better the information. And an overload of information, that is, anything much beyond what is truly needed, leads to information blackout. It does not enrich, but impoverishes.

In this world of numbness and information overload, the ability to feel, my boy, is a rare gift indeed.

We cling nervously to the melody, but we don't handle it freely, we don't really make anything new out of it, we merely overload it.

Learn how to say no. Don't let your mouth overload your back.

We have used the Bible as if it was a mere special constable's handbook — an opium-dose for keeping beasts of burden patient while they were being overloaded — a mere book to keep the poor in order.