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Fragile Quotes by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Let me be more aggressive: we are largely better at doing than we are at thinking, thanks to antifragility. I’d rather be dumb and antifragile…
- 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…
- When you ask people, 'What's the opposite of fragile?,' they tend to say robust, resilient, adaptable, solid, strong. That's not it. The opposite of fragile…
More Fragile Quotes
- I approach playing acoustic guitar more of as a percussive instrument. It's fragile. I don't have a lot of finesse when it… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- When we speak the word 'life,' it must be understood we are not referring to life as we know it from its… — Antonin Artaud
- The Australian economy is resilient, but business and consumer confidence is fragile. — Julie Bishop
- While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most… — Madeleine Albright
- Journalists are always calling my features Edwardian or Victorian, whatever that means. I am small, and people were smaller in those times.… — Helena Bonham Carter
- My mother goes crazy over babies. Some people just do. They love 'em! I never have. Babies scare me more than anything.… — Margaret Cho
- I held a moment in my hand, brilliant as a star, fragile as a flower, a tiny sliver of one hour. I… — Unknown Author
- The raging monster upon the land is population growth. In its presence, sustainability is but a fragile theoretical construct. To say, as… — Pete Wilson
- The clever, albeit fragile, coalition against terrorism brought together by the U.S. government might be able to advance the transition from classical… — Jurgen Habermas
- Trust is a fragile thing. Once earned, it affords us tremendous freedom. But once trust is lost, it can be impossible to… — Mary Alice
- For thousands of years, father and son have stretched wistful hands across the canyon of time, each eager to help the other… — Alan Valentine
- When autumn shadows throw their patterns across the land, they are not the images of fragile, dying leaves, not the bared arms… — Djuna Barnes