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Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes

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 is what matters Picture Quote #1

You don’t become completely free by just avoiding being a slave; you also need to avoid becoming a master Picture Quote #1

People are much less interested in what you are trying to show them than what you are trying to hide Picture Quote #1

There are secrets to our world that only practice can reveal, and no opinion or analysis will ever capture in full Picture Quote #1

Another definition of modernity: conversations can be more and more completely reconstructed with clips from other conversations taking place at the same time on the planet Picture Quote #1

Bitcoin is the beginning of something great: a currency without a government, something necessary and imperative Picture Quote #1

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An ad hominem attack against an individual, not against an idea, is highly flattering. It indicates that the person does not have anything intelligent to say about your message Picture Quote #1

If you don’t feel that you haven’t read enough, you haven’t read enough Picture Quote #1

We tend to treat our knowledge as personal property to be protected and defended. It is an ornament that allows us to rise in the pecking order... we take what we know a little too seriously Picture Quote #1

It’s not a good idea to take a forecast from someone wearing a tie. If possible, tease people who take themselves and their knowledge too seriously Picture Quote #1

Private equity has absolutely no reason to exist. The private equity holder has all the upside and the banks all the downside Picture Quote #1

We should probably stop trading derivatives, anything more complex than regular options... I am an options trader, and I don’t understand options. How do you want a regulator to understand them? Picture Quote #1

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Never ask a trader if he is profitable: you can easily see it in his gesture and gait Picture Quote #1

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

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 has any negative impact on people’s lives outside of intolerance. Why do I go to church? It’s like asking, why did you marry that woman? You make up reasons, but it’s probably just smell. I love the smell of candles. It’s an aesthetic thing Picture Quote #1

Muscles without strength, friendship without trust, opinion without risk, change without aesthetics, age without values, food without nourishment, power without fairness, facts without rigor, degrees without erudition, militarism without fortitude, progress without civilization, complication without depth, fluency without content; these are the sins to remember Picture Quote #1

The narrative fallacy addresses our limited ability to look at sequences of facts without weaving an explanation into them, or, equivalently, forcing a logical link, an arrow of relationship, upon them. Explanations bind facts together. They make them all the more easily remembered; they help them make more sense. Where this propensity can go wrong is when it increases our impression of understanding Picture Quote #1

You may not be able to change the world but can at least get some entertainment and make a living out of the epistemic arrogance of the human race Picture Quote #1

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I try to make money infrequently, as infrequently as possible simply because I believe that rare events are not fairly valued, and that the rarer the event, the more undervalued it will be in price Picture Quote #1

Using leverage to cure the problems of too much leverage is not homeopathy, it is denial. The debt crisis is not a temporary problem, it is a structural one. We need rehab Picture Quote #1

Asking science to explain life and vital matters is equivalent to asking a grammarian to explain poetry Picture Quote #1

Decomposition, for most, starts when they leave the free, social, and uncorrupted college life for the solitary confinement of professions and nuclear families Picture Quote #1

A competitive athlete is painful to look at; trying hard to become an animal rather than a man, he will never be as fast as a cheetah or as strong as an ox Picture Quote #1

The sucker’s trap is when you focus on what you know and what others don’t know, rather than the reverse Picture Quote #1

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Ethical man accords his profession to his beliefs, instead of according his beliefs to his profession Picture Quote #1

Just as dyed hair makes older men less attractive, it is what you do to hide your weaknesses that makes them repugnant Picture Quote #1

For the classics philosophical insight was the product of a life of leisure; for me a life of leisure is the product of philosophical insight Picture Quote #1

The weak shows his strength and hides his weaknesses; the magnificent exhibits his weaknesses like ornaments Picture Quote #1

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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 is what matters (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) You don’t become completely free by just avoiding being a slave; you also need to avoid becoming a master (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) People are much less interested in what you are trying to show them than what you are trying to hide (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) There are secrets to our world that only practice can reveal, and no opinion or analysis will ever capture in full (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) Another definition of modernity: conversations can be more and more completely reconstructed with clips from other conversations taking place at the same time on the planet (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) Bitcoin is the beginning of something great: a currency without a government, something necessary and imperative (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) An ad hominem attack against an individual, not against an idea, is highly flattering. It indicates that the person does not have anything intelligent to say about your message (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) If you don’t feel that you haven’t read enough, you haven’t read enough (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) We tend to treat our knowledge as personal property to be protected and defended. It is an ornament that allows us to rise in the pecking order... we take what we know a little too seriously (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) It’s not a good idea to take a forecast from someone wearing a tie. If possible, tease people who take themselves and their knowledge too seriously (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) Private equity has absolutely no reason to exist. The private equity holder has all the upside and the banks all the downside (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) We should probably stop trading derivatives, anything more complex than regular options... I am an options trader, and I don’t understand options. How do you want a regulator to understand them? (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) Never ask a trader if he is profitable: you can easily see it in his gesture and gait (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) 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 has any negative impact on people’s lives outside of intolerance. Why do I go to church? It’s like asking, why did you marry that woman? You make up reasons, but it’s probably just smell. I love the smell of candles. It’s an aesthetic thing (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) Muscles without strength, friendship without trust, opinion without risk, change without aesthetics, age without values, food without nourishment, power without fairness, facts without rigor, degrees without erudition, militarism without fortitude, progress without civilization, complication without depth, fluency without content; these are the sins to remember (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) The narrative fallacy addresses our limited ability to look at sequences of facts without weaving an explanation into them, or, equivalently, forcing a logical link, an arrow of relationship, upon them. Explanations bind facts together. They make them all the more easily remembered; they help them make more sense. Where this propensity can go wrong is when it increases our impression of understanding (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) You may not be able to change the world but can at least get some entertainment and make a living out of the epistemic arrogance of the human race (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) I try to make money infrequently, as infrequently as possible simply because I believe that rare events are not fairly valued, and that the rarer the event, the more undervalued it will be in price (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) Using leverage to cure the problems of too much leverage is not homeopathy, it is denial. The debt crisis is not a temporary problem, it is a structural one. We need rehab (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) Asking science to explain life and vital matters is equivalent to asking a grammarian to explain poetry (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) Decomposition, for most, starts when they leave the free, social, and uncorrupted college life for the solitary confinement of professions and nuclear families (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) A competitive athlete is painful to look at; trying hard to become an animal rather than a man, he will never be as fast as a cheetah or as strong as an ox (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) The sucker’s trap is when you focus on what you know and what others don’t know, rather than the reverse (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) Ethical man accords his profession to his beliefs, instead of according his beliefs to his profession (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) Just as dyed hair makes older men less attractive, it is what you do to hide your weaknesses that makes them repugnant (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) For the classics philosophical insight was the product of a life of leisure; for me a life of leisure is the product of philosophical insight (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes) The weak shows his strength and hides his weaknesses; the magnificent exhibits his weaknesses like ornaments (Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes)

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