Document Storage Quotes

The last time when I handed over information was in February or March 1949.

Normally it takes us 8 years to get rid of 10 thousand copies of one of our reports.

I think I have already signed some scrap of paper for every man, woman, and child in the United States. What do they do with all those scraps of paper with my signature on it?

A lot of productivity is capturing ideas. I use a wiki - it's more valuable than e-mail for running a company - and I have a page for every person with whom I interact frequently.

Sir, I see a lot of documents in my day-to-day business, and I can't tell you every document that I've seen. It may have passed across my desk. It may not have passed across my desk. I truthfully cannot answer that question, other than to say I don't remember.

I have deposited some of my journals here for fear of accidents.

The "paperless office" is a bad idea because paper is one of the most useful and valuable media ever invented. "On paper" is a good place for information you want to use; a bad place for information you want to store.

It is a fiction to imagine that the haphazard paper chits of old are more private than the modern digital alternative. Paper records have always presented a security risk.

Anything on paper is obsolete!

I have never met a document I don't like.

You should keep a copy of your tax return indefinitely, but you need to save supporting documents for only three years.

I still like the physicality of papers.

Collections of books and other documents, either printed or electronic, are a form of congregation.