Smart people Quote by William Poundstone

“One may not be aware of the impact of one’s choices, but they can have a cumulative effect.”

— Roy Huff

“Uncertainty is caused by a lack of knowledge. Hesitation is the product of fear.”

— Internet Archive

“Certainty shuts down possibilities and keeps us small.”

— L.R.W. Lee

“Even experts can make mistakes; my point is simply that it pays to be radically open-minded and triangulate with smart people.”

— Ray Dalio

“When things go our way we reject the lack of certainty.”

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“Certainty is the most vivid condition of ignorance and the most necessary condition for knowledge.”

— Kedar Joshi

“A victim who believes himself anticipated at every turn is not only crippled by uncertainty but also easier to predict.”

— Mark Lawrence

“The biggest mistake we can make is to think that we've figured the whole thing out. The people I know who are the greatest…

— A.J. Kazinski

“This idea that in order to make a decision you need to focus on the consequences (which you can know) rather than the probability…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“those who feel certainty are stupid and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision.”

— Bathroom Readers' Institute

“Sometimes certainty can sound an awful lot like madness.”

— Ann Aguirre

“Perhaps the more that a person is an intellectual the more they are prone to misconceptions.”

— Taiichi Ohno