Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes

The best test of whether someone is extremely stupid (or extremely wise) is whether financial and political news makes sense to him.

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• People should think things out fresh and not just accept conventional terms and the conventional way of doing things.

  

  R. Buckminster Fuller
  • People
  • Think
  • Doing

• Doctors cannot afford to provide care at the rate of reimbursement that Medicare insists that they accept.

  

  Nan Hayworth
  • Care
  • Accept
  • Doctors

• We all look at ourselves in the mirror and think, 'Am I good?'

  

  Damon Lindelof
  • Good
  • Think
  • Mirror

• All fashion brands are about looking good. Being Human is also about doing good. And you can do good by the simple act of slipping into a t-shirt or a pair of jeans.

  

  Salman Khan
  • Good
  • Simple
  • Fashion

• As the law minister, I had ensured that the government's right to natural resources was protected. The result was evident. The honourable Supreme Court gave the landmark decision in RIL vs RNRL case that the government is the owner of all natural resources.

  

  Veerappa Moily
  • Law
  • Government
  • Decision

• You have to enjoy it. It is not going to happen every year, so this is the year that it is happening and we have got to go out there and enjoy it.

  

  Sammy Sosa
  • You
  • Enjoy
  • Year

• From that time on, I always had the studios on my neck.

  

  Karen Morley
  • Time
  • Always
  • Neck

• Not always trainers, but if I don't have to, I don't wear high heels. It's really just if something looks good on me, I'm going to buy it. It can be Zara or Chanel... I'm going to buy it.

  

  Barbara Palvin
  • Good
  • High
  • Me

• The truth is that for a Democrat to triumph in a presidential election, it needs to come on the heels of 'the dark times' of an unpopular Republican administration. Carter followed the Nixon era, Clinton succeeded after 12 years of Reagan/Bush, and Obama was a direct result of eight years of Bush/Cheney.

  

  Fabrizio Moreira
  • Truth
  • Dark
  • Presidential

• These are moments in your life to be cherished; they don't come around that often. To be flying around in a 'Game of Thrones' jet, to be greeted by massive enthusiasts.

  

  Natalie Dormer
  • Life
  • Game
  • Moments

• Born Berlin 1931, Germany, father a British diplomat, mother an American artist. Educated at various schools all over the world. 1958 Settled down to live in London. 1966 Became interested in photography through photographing my young children. No formal training.

  

  Fay Godwin
  • World
  • Live
  • Children

• I was raised a Christian. I'd like to think I have Christian values. I don't attend church.

  

  Gary Johnson
  • Think
  • Church
  • Christian

• Extreme poverty threatens people's right to life itself and makes impossible the enjoyment of the rights and freedoms essential to a humane way of life.

  

  Daisaku Ikeda
  • People
  • Life
  • Poverty

• It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.

  

  Harper Lee
  • Father
  • Man
  • Thought

• Making movies, you're like an independent contractor - you come in, you have a specific job, and a lot of what you do is completely manipulated, which is good and bad.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • Good
  • Job
  • Bad

• You don't need to be a spook to care about encryption. If you travel with your computer or keep it in a place where other people can put their hands on it, you're vulnerable.

  

  Barton Gellman
  • People
  • Travel
  • Hands

• The basic principle is I command, and my employees carry it out immediately.

  

  Wang Jianlin
  • Principle
  • Carry
  • Employees

• Religion is love; in no case is it logic.

  

  Beatrice Webb
  • Love
  • Religion
  • Logic

• You can't satirise darts, because it's hyper-real as it is; there's already enough over-the-top madness to it.

  

  Irvine Welsh
  • Real
  • You
  • Enough

• I think Democrats are right. We fight for the American dream, for the environment, for privacy rights, a woman's right to choose, a good public education system.

  

  Barbara Boxer
  • Good
  • American
  • Dream

• In the '80s, they were using an awful lot of technology but hadn't really figured out how it worked yet... You had these really great, simple pop songs turned into these gigantic overproductions.

  

  Adam Schlesinger
  • Great
  • Technology
  • Simple

• It's also wonderful to be back with my great friend and ally, Chancellor [Angela] Merkel. As I reflect back over the last eight years, I could not ask for a steadier or more reliable partner on the world stage, often through some very challenging times.

  

  Barack Obama
  • World
  • Great
  • Friend

• The questioning is a stupid formality aimed exclusively at preventing us from speaking at the demonstration.

  

  Alexei Navalny
  • Stupid

• The best test of whether someone is extremely stupid (or extremely wise) is whether financial and political news makes sense to him.

  

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • Political
  • Wise
  • Stupid