Best Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes
- You exist if and only if you are free to do things without a visible objective, with no justification and, above all, outside the dictatorship… All
- The twentieth century was the bankruptcy of the social utopia; the twenty-first will be that of the technological one. Bankruptcy
- My major hobby is teasing people who take themselves and the quality of their knowledge too seriously and those who don't have the guts to… Guts
- It does not matter how frequently something succeeds if failure is too costly to bear. Bear
- Much of the research into humans' risk-avoidance machinery shows that it is antiquated and unfit for the modern world; it is made to counter repeatable… Antiquated
- At no point in history have so many non-risk-takers, that is, those with no personal exposure, exerted so much control. Control
- In the United States large corporations control some members of Congress. All this does is delay the corporation’s funeral at our expense. All
- An idea starts to be interesting when you get scared of taking it to its logical conclusion. Conclusion
- To be completely cured of newspapers, spend a year reading the previous week's newspapers. Completely
- To become a philosopher, start by walking very slowly. Inspirational
- Procrastination is the soul rebelling against entrapment. Entrapment
- What kills me makes others stronger, Inspirational
- Only the autodidacts are free, Autodidacts
- In economic life and history more generally, just about everything of consequence comes from black swans; ordinary events have paltry effects in the long term. Black
- It was obvious that their profits were simply cash borrowed from destiny with some random payback time. Borrowed
- When an investor focuses on short-term investments, he or she is observing the variability of the portfolio, not the returns - in short, being fooled… Focuses
- Go to parties. You can't even start to know what you may find on the envelope of serendipity. If you suffer from agoraphobia, send colleagues. Agoraphobia
- If something is going on, I hear about it. I like to talk to people, I socialise. Television is a waste of time. Human contact… Contact
- If one puts an infinite number of monkeys in front of typewriters, and lets them clap away, there is a certainty that one of them… Calculus
- Scientists don't know what they are talking about when they talk about religion. Religion has nothing to do with belief, and I don't believe it… Aesthetic
- You don't become completely free by just avoiding being a slave; you also need to avoid becoming a master. Avoid
- Also, it's good to have more than one profession, in case your own profession goes out of style. A Wall Street trader who's also a… Belly
- Avoid losers. If you hear someone use the words 'impossible', 'never', 'too difficult' too often, drop him or her from your social network. Avoid
- Dress your best on your execution day. Be extremely courteous to your assistant when you lose money. Try not to blame others for your fate,… Adversity
- An elephant is vastly more efficient, metabolically, than a mouse. It's the same for a megacity as opposed to a village. But an elephant can… Break
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