Nassim Nicholas Talebborn 1960The quotations of
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Lebanese-American mathematical statistician, option trader, risk analyst and author
born 1960
24 quotes, most often on Clever Jabs, Risk and Knowledge.
The more data we have, the more likely we are to drown in it.
Fooled by Randomness (2001)Mental clarity is the child of courage, not the other way around.
The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (2010), p. 57What fools call “wasting time” is most often the best investment.
The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (2010), p. 24Much of aging comes from a misunderstanding of the effect of comfort.
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (2012), p. 55Rank beliefs not according to their plausibility but by the harm they may cause.
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (2007), p. 203A man is honorable in proportion to the personal risks he takes for his opinion.
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (2012), p. 147To be completely cured of newspapers, spend a year reading the previous week’s newspapers.
The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (2010), p. 21You have a real life if and only if you do not compete with anyone in any of your pursuits.
The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (2010), p. 39It does not matter how frequently something succeeds if failure is too costly to bear.
Fooled by Randomness (2001)
