Nassim Nicholas Taleb Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Nassim Nicholas Taleb quotes, Nassim Nicholas Taleb sayings, and Nassim Nicholas Taleb proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

The grandchildren should not bear the debts of the grandparents. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The grandchildren should not bear the debts of the grandparents. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
You find peace by coming to terms with what you don't know. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Injecting some confusion stabilizes the system. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
...maximize the serendipity around you. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Half of the people lie with their lips; the other half with their tears. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
What fools call wasting time is most often the best investment. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
true humility is when you can surprise yourself more than others; the rest is either shyness or good marketing Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Wit seduces by signaling intelligence without nerdiness. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
My best definition of a nerd: someone who asks you to explain an aphorism. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Charm is the ability to insult people without offending them; nerdiness the reverse. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Love without sacrifice is like theft. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Missing a train is only painful if you run after it! Likewise, not matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful if that's what you are seeking. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
My best definition of a nerd: someone who asks you to explain an aphorism. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The imagination of the genius vastly surpasses his intellect; the intellect of the academic vastly surpasses his imagination. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The fool generalizes the particular; the nerd particularizes the general; some do both; and the wise does neither. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Charm is the ability to insult people without offending them; nerdiness the reverse. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Stoicism is about the domestication of emotions, not their elimination. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
A stoic is someone who transforms fear into prudence, pain into transformation, mistakes into initiation, and desire into undertaking. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Restaurants get you in with food to sell you liquor; religions get you in with belief to sell you rules. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Debt is a mistake between lender and borrower, and both should suffer. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Most people are sceptical about the wrong things and gullible about the wrong things. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The difference between technology and slavery is that slaves are fully aware that they are not free. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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
Information is antifragile; it feeds more on attempts to harm it than it does on efforts to promote it. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Charm is the ability to insult people without offending them; nerdiness the reverse Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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
A prophet is not someone with special visions, just someone blind to most of what others see. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Difficulty is what wakes up the genius. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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