Data Inspiration

Okay so these don't speak specifically to nonprofit fundraising data, but they're oh so spot on.

1. "Data that is loved tend to survive." - Kurt Bollacker
2. "If we have data, let's look at data, if all we have are opinions, let's go with mine." - Jim Barksdale
3. "You can have data without information, but you cannot have information without data." - Daniel Mays Moran
4. "Data are just summaries of thousands of stories - tell a few of those stories to help make the data meaningful." - Chip and Dan Heath
5. "Without a systematic way to start and keep data clean, bad data will happen." - Donato Diorio
6. "Contact data ages like fish, not wine...it gets worse as it gets older, not better." - Gregg Thaler
7. "Data really powers everything that we do." - Jeff Weiner

Which do you feel are my favorites?