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Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes

Character is proportionate to N, the number of consecutive failures without being discouraged, or equivalently, the number of successive rejections without being intimidated Picture Quote #1

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 by randomness Picture Quote #1

Modernity needs to understand that being rich and becoming rich are not mathematically, personally, socially, and ethically the same thing Picture Quote #1

It is often the mistakes of others that benefit the rest of us and, sadly, not them ... For the antifragile, harm from errors should be less than the benefits Picture Quote #1

The central idea in The Black Swan is that: rare events cannot be estimated from empirical observation since they are rare Picture Quote #1

People work out, they stress their body, and their body gets stronger from stress Picture Quote #1

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Janet Yellen at the FED is equivalent to having a biology schoolteacher who has never seen blood perform brain surgery Picture Quote #1

Banking is a very treacherous business because you don’t realize it is risky until it is too late. It is like calm waters that deliver huge storms Picture Quote #1

The fragile wants tranquility, the antifragile grows from disorder, and the robust doesn’t care too much Picture Quote #1

We know from chaos theory that even if you had a perfect model of the world, you’d need infinite precision in order to predict future events. With sociopolitical or economic phenomena, we don’t have anything like that Picture Quote #1

The mortgage crisis is a clear instance of consumers who needed protection. There was predatory lending to people who didn’t know what they were doing Picture Quote #1

I drive a hybrid, moving into an electric car. I only drink tap water, never consume food that’s travelled Picture Quote #1

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The traits I respect are erudition and the courage to stand up when half-men are afraid for their reputation. Any idiot can be intelligent Picture Quote #1

You will be civilized on the day you can spend a long period doing nothing, learning nothing, and improving nothing, without feeling the slightest amount of guilt Picture Quote #1

I don’t go to the doctor except when I’m very ill, and when I go to India, I drink a drop of local water Picture Quote #1

The people I go after are the false experts, those who do not accept the limits of their knowledge Picture Quote #1

People employed in financial institutions are rarely interesting and even more rarely likable Picture Quote #1

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 away, and then you can live with much more freedom Picture Quote #1

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I’ve debated many economists who claim to specialize in risk and probability: when one takes them slightly outside their narrow focus, but within the discipline of probability, they fall apart, with the disconsolate face of a gym rat in front of a gangster hit man Picture Quote #1

In social policy, when we provide a safety net, it should be designed to help people take more entrepreneurial risks, not to turn them into dependents. This doesn’t mean that we should be callous to the underprivileged Picture Quote #1

It does not matter how frequently something succeeds if failure is too costly to bear Picture Quote #1

We should reward people, not ridicule them, for thinking the impossible Picture Quote #1

While in theory randomness is an intrinsic property, in practice, randomness is incomplete information Picture Quote #1

Rank beliefs not according to their plausibility but by the harm they may cause Picture Quote #1

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Success is becoming in middle adulthood what you dreamed to be in late childhood Picture Quote #1

Modernity: we created youth without heroism, age without wisdom, and life without grandeur Picture Quote #1

A good maxim allows you to have the last word without even starting a conversation Picture Quote #1

Those who do not think that employment is systemic slavery are either blind or employed Picture Quote #1

We learn the most from fools... yet we pay them back with the worst ingratitude Picture Quote #1

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Character is proportionate to N, the number of consecutive failures without being discouraged, or equivalently, the number of successive rejections without being intimidated. (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) 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 by randomness. (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) Modernity needs to understand that being rich and becoming rich are not mathematically, personally, socially, and ethically the same thing. (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) It is often the mistakes of others that benefit the rest of us and, sadly, not them ... For the antifragile, harm from errors should be less than the benefits. (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) The central idea in The Black Swan is that: rare events cannot be estimated from empirical observation since they are rare. (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) People work out, they stress their body, and their body gets stronger from stress (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) Janet Yellen at the FED is equivalent to having a biology schoolteacher who has never seen blood perform brain surgery. (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) Banking is a very treacherous business because you don’t realize it is risky until it is too late. It is like calm waters that deliver huge storms. (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) The fragile wants tranquility, the antifragile grows from disorder, and the robust doesn’t care too much. (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) We know from chaos theory that even if you had a perfect model of the world, you’d need infinite precision in order to predict future events. With sociopolitical or economic phenomena, we don’t have anything like that. (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) The mortgage crisis is a clear instance of consumers who needed protection. There was predatory lending to people who didn’t know what they were doing. (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) I drive a hybrid, moving into an electric car. I only drink tap water, never consume food that’s travelled. (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) The traits I respect are erudition and the courage to stand up when half-men are afraid for their reputation. Any idiot can be intelligent. (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) You will be civilized on the day you can spend a long period doing nothing, learning nothing, and improving nothing, without feeling the slightest amount of guilt. (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) I don’t go to the doctor except when I’m very ill, and when I go to India, I drink a drop of local water. (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) The people I go after are the false experts, those who do not accept the limits of their knowledge (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) People employed in financial institutions are rarely interesting and even more rarely likable (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) 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 away, and then you can live with much more freedom. (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) I’ve debated many economists who claim to specialize in risk and probability: when one takes them slightly outside their narrow focus, but within the discipline of probability, they fall apart, with the disconsolate face of a gym rat in front of a gangster hit man. (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) In social policy, when we provide a safety net, it should be designed to help people take more entrepreneurial risks, not to turn them into dependents. This doesn’t mean that we should be callous to the underprivileged. (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) It does not matter how frequently something succeeds if failure is too costly to bear (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) We should reward people, not ridicule them, for thinking the impossible (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) While in theory randomness is an intrinsic property, in practice, randomness is incomplete information (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) Rank beliefs not according to their plausibility but by the harm they may cause (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) Success is becoming in middle adulthood what you dreamed to be in late childhood (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) Modernity: we created youth without heroism, age without wisdom, and life without grandeur (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) A good maxim allows you to have the last word without even starting a conversation (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) Those who do not think that employment is systemic slavery are either blind or employed (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) Social science means inventing a certain brand of human we can understand (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) We learn the most from fools... yet we pay them back with the worst ingratitude (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes)

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