Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes
You exist if and only if you are free to do things without a visible objective, with no justification and, above all, outside the dictatorship of someone else’s narrative.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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My philosophy is I'm raising future adults, not children.
Usher
Intelligent, successful, attractive people can be intimidating. They force us to hold a mirror to ourselves; we can be disappointed, jealous or inspired toward personal growth.
Ian K. Smith
I didn't go to law school to become a lawyer, per se - let's just say I was leaning in to some strong suggestions from my parents - but my nebulous goals of someday becoming a writer were just that, nebulous.
Rachel Sklar
Ingratitude is the essence of vileness.
Immanuel Kant
I played a lot of sarcastic, wisecracking characters for a long time, and people would think that was me. And it's very much not me, and then people would think I was being sarcastic when I wasn't: 'Oh, you're making fun of me right now.' And I wasn't!
Zooey Deschanel
If you think back to your first love, you always remember them and little things always remind you of them.
Naya Rivera
What is a historian, anyway? It is someone who uses facts to record the development of humanity.
Lion Feuchtwanger
School is a twelve-year jail sentence where bad habits are the only curriculum truly learned. I teach school and win awards doing it. I should know.
John Taylor Gatto
Also, this is what a pregnant Busy Philipps does in her free time, I'm taking master fondant cake decorating class with Anna from 'Ace of Cakes' at Duff's Charm City Cakes. It's, like, 4 three-hour classes.
Busy Philipps
At GDAX, we want to see new protocols and their tokens flourish.
Fred Ehrsam
Love on the rocks, ain't no surprise. Pour me a drink and I'll tell you some lies.
Neil Diamond
You exist if and only if you are free to do things without a visible objective, with no justification and, above all, outside the dictatorship of someone else’s narrative.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb