“Writing is the art of repeating oneself without anyone noticing.”
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
Filter quotes by topic
Famous Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes
Source: Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
“Stoicism is about the *domestication* of emotions, not their elimination.”
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
“Read books are far less valuable than unread ones.”
Source: Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile
“Experience is devoid of the cherry-picking that we find in studies.”
Source: Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile
Source: Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
“In science you need to understand the world; in business you need others to misunderstand it.”
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
Source: The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable Fragility
“If you see fraud and do not say fraud, you are a fraud.”
Source: Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile
“Every social association that is not face-to-face is injurious to your health.”
Source: Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile
“Your reputation is harmed the most by what you say to defend it.”
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
“If you don't feel that you haven't read enough, you haven't read enough.”
“The opposite of manliness isn't cowardice; it's technology.”
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
Source: Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile
“Being an entrepreneur is an existential, not just a financial thing.”
“You find peace by coming to terms with what you don't know.”
Source: The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable Fragility
“Ideas come and go, stories stay.”
Source: The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable Fragility
“Aesthetics, ethics, and many good things in humans are contagious.”
“You need a story to displace a story.”
Source: Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile
Source: Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile
Source: Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile
Source: Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
Source: Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile
“The more data we have, the more likely we are to drown in it.”
Source: Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
Source: Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
Source: Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
“I want them poor and they deserve to be poor. You can't have capitalism without punishment.”
“Never ask a trader if he is profitable: you can easily see it in his gesture and gait.”
Source: Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets