Quotes by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

…maximize the serendipity around you.

Luck

Serendipity

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[A] theory is a very dangerous thing to have.

Dangerous

Dangerous Things

Theory

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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.

Athlete

Men

Strong

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A country’s assets reside in the tinkerers, the hobbyists, and the risk-takers.

Assets

Country

Risk

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A good maxim allows you to have the last word without even starting a conversation.

Conversation

Lasts

Starting

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A good rule of thumb is as follows: If the numbers come from somebody wearing a tie (Wall Street economist or analyst, industry public relations department, captive think tank academic and so on), you ought to be very skeptical. By design messages from these people are intended to move markets, move merchandise and/or move public policy and are not a comment on the state of the physical universe.

Moving

Thinking

Wall

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A man without a heroic bent starts dying at the age of thirty.

Age

Dying

Men

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A mistake is not something to be determined after the fact, but in the light of the information until that point.

Information

Light

Mistake

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A prophet is not someone with special visions, just someone blind to most of what others see

Blind

Special

Vision

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A Stoic is someone who transforms fear into prudence, pain into transformation, mistakes into initiation, and desire into undertaking.

Desire

Mistake

Pain

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