Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes

The next time you experience a blackout, take some solace by looking at the sky. You will not recognize it.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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New York is one of the greatest cities in the world. It is a fitting host to its many international visitors, who can come to witness first-hand what a vibrant multicultural democracy looks like.

Ban Ki-moon
- World
- Hand
- Democracy
They don't call it the Internet anymore, they call it cloud computing. I'm no longer resisting the name. Call it what you want.

Larry Ellison
- Internet
- Name
- Cloud
Being on 'The Vampire Diaries' feels almost like a game you play when you're a kid. When I was a kid, I used to have to take the garbage out at night on Wednesdays. I lived out in the country. I'd take the garbage out, and I used to pretend that I was the only person in the whole world, except for one other person, and he was looking for me.

Taylor Kinney
- World
- Country
- Game
Vinyl is democratic, as surely as the iPod is fascist. Vinyl is representational: It has a face. Two faces, in fact, to represent the dualism of human nature. Vinyl occupies physical space honestly, proud as a fat woman dancing.

Adam Mansbach
- Nature
- Space
- Proud
I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.

Yotam Ottolenghi
- Long
- Truth
- Lists
Produce great men, the rest follows.

Walt Whitman
- Great
- Men
- Rest