"It is no use to keep private information which you can't show off."
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"Wrong way, Bones. The men's showers are in the opposite direction." I'll file that away with all the other information that doesn't pertain to me" was Bones' mocking reply."
"Nature must be interpreted as matter, energy, and information"
"There is no etiquette rule that decrees one must give out personal information to anyone who asks."
"Information is control."
"We are affected by what we know so get the information. Don't be lazy in learning"
"When information rubs against information the results are startling and effective. The perrenial quest for involvement, fill-in, takes many forms."
"As information becomes our environment, it becomes mandatory to program the environment itself as a work of art."
"Information helps you to see that you're not alone. That there's somebody in Mississippi and somebody in Tokyo who have wept, who've all longed and lost, who've all been happy. So the library helps you to see, not only that you are not alone, but that you're not really any different from everyone else."
"No matter how wonderful a sentence is, if it doesn't add new and useful information, it should be removed."