Aphorism Quote by Nassim Nicholas Taleb Download Open image “My best definition of a nerd: someone who asks you to explain an aphorism” — Nassim Nicholas Taleb ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Aphorism Definitions Nerd
Nerd. One whose unbridled passion for something defines who they are as a person, without fear of other people's judgment. — Zachary Levi Copy Share Image
“a new definition of the nerd: a person who knows his own mind well enough to mistrust it.” — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
Nerds... the 'nerd' has never been precisely defined, thanks to the psychological complexity of the creature. The word has connotations of some level of… — Tom Wolfe Copy Share Image
Might not hurt you to pick up a book, just as an experiment." Whatever. I looked up the definition for 'nerd' in the dictionary.… — Brandon Mull Copy Share Image
Someone who I would describe as a 'geek' or 'nerd' is a person who loves something to its greatest extent and then looks for… — Wil Wheaton Copy Share Image
I think people have this stereotypical idea in their head of what a nerd is. People have said to me before, "You're not a… — Chris Hardwick Copy Share Image
When I grew up, being a nerd was a bad thing. You didn't want to be one. Now everybody calls themselves that. — Jimmy Dore Copy Share Image
When people call people nerds, mostly what they're saying is, 'you like stuff.' Which is not a good insult at all, like, 'you are… — John Green Copy Share Image
Everybody who labels themselves a 'nerd' isn't some giant person locked in a cubbyhole who's never seen the opposite sex. Especially with the way… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
Wittgenstein's ruler: Unless you have confidence in the ruler's reliability, if you use a ruler to measure a table you may also be using… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
In politics we face the choice between warmongering, nation-state loving, big-business agents on one hand; and risk-blind, top-down, epistemic arrogant big servants of large… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
My nightmare scenario is that the government saves Citibank once again, as well as the other banks, and business resumes as usual. Then, the… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
Using, as an excuse, others' failure of common sense is in itself a failure of common sense. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
You know, children philosophize more than adults - and they are critical of adults. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
“Suckers think that you cure greed with money, addiction with substances, expert problems with experts, banking with bankers, economics with economists, and debt crises… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
“One needs to go out and buy a lottery ticket in order to win. Does it mean that the work involved in the trip… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
Individuals should think about the worst-case scenarios and plan for them. The world will be crazier than you think it will be. Put money… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
“If you are looking for your misplaced wallet in your living room, in a trial and error mode, you exercise rationality by not looking… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
“Most humans manage to squander their free time, as free time makes them dysfunctional, lazy, and unmotivated—the busier they get, the more active they… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
We learn the most from fools ... yet we pay them back with the worst ingratitude. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
“For their never-ending endeavours to obtain or retain wealth, countries desperately need companies, because they—unlike most human beings—have the means of production, and human… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“An expensive coffin does not decrease the deceased’s chances of going to hell.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
A journal takes the place of a confidant, that is, of friend or wife; it becomes a substitute for production, a substitute for country… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“A premature death does not only rob one of the countless instances where one would have experienced pleasure, it also saves one from the… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“The real purpose of the opposition is to minimize the amount of money the ruling party will have stolen from the people at the… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
