Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes

When some systems are stuck in a dangerous impasse, randomness and only randomness can unlock them and set them free.

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• Most Americans, like most Japanese, view their dogs, cats, and other animal companions as family members, and rightly so.

  

  Ingrid Newkirk
  • Family
  • Animal
  • Japanese

• I worry about people who sell out to chase fame because when they get it, it might not be so satisfying.

  

  Imelda May
  • People
  • Worry
  • Fame

• My first book, 'In Praise of Slowness,' examines how the world got stuck in fast-forward and chronicles a global trend towards putting on the brakes. That trend is called the Slow movement. 'Slow' in this context does not mean doing everything at a snail's pace. It means doing everything at the right speed.

  

  Carl Honore
  • World
  • Book
  • Speed

• It is possible that blondes also prefer gentlemen.

  

  Mamie Van Doren
  • Possible
  • Prefer
  • Blondes

• I don't really think about the runs too much. I mean, if we get, like, a five-run lead, then I'll start to pitch according to that.

  

  Zack Greinke
  • Think
  • Start
  • Lead

• Have the courage to act instead of react.

  

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • Courage
  • Act
  • React

• I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait.

  

  Salvador Dali
  • Look
  • Grow
  • Portrait

• My biggest fears aren't with my work. My biggest fears are walking through hospital doors. Once you can face that, being fearless about your work is easy.

  

  Sam Taylor-Johnson
  • Work
  • Walking
  • Fearless

• As a little kid, I climbed a lot of trees because I always loved the bird's-eye view.

  

  Felix Baumgartner
  • Loved
  • Bird
  • View

• Law enforcement officers are never 'off duty.' They are dedicated public servants who are sworn to protect public safety at any time and place that the peace is threatened. They need all the help that they can get.

  

  Barbara Boxer
  • Time
  • Help
  • Law

• I'm evangelical.

  

  Pat Robertson
  • Evangelical

• I never predicted that I'd be a comedian, but it was something that came so naturally to me. I just felt good doing it.

  

  Omar Sy
  • Good
  • Me
  • Doing

• I like school very much, and I'll go to college if my career slows down. But kids go to college to be where I am today. Not to put college down, but for me, it would be digressing.

  

  Dana Hill
  • School
  • Kids
  • Today

• Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.

  

  Malcolm McDowell
  • Different
  • You
  • Things

• I have a dining room done in different shades of white, with white cushions embroidered in yellow silk: the effect is absolutely delightful and the room beautiful.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Different
  • Effect
  • Delightful

• A lot of people heard 'Murda Business' and thought it was about killing people, trying to be tough and hardcore. If you actually listen to the lyrics, it's kind of silly and playful.

  

  Iggy Azalea
  • People
  • Trying
  • Business

• You can believe that he was taught to love and respect all mankind - but to fear no man.

  

  Wellington Mara
  • Believe
  • Fear
  • Respect

• I think the hip-hop purists are purists through and through. They're here to criticize all of us. That's just how it is. We as MC's criticize each other. That's the nature of hip-hop.

  

  Nas
  • Nature
  • Think
  • Hip Hop

• As a player, you just want to focus on controlling the controllables.

  

  Carli Lloyd
  • Want
  • You
  • Focus

• Sometimes shooting on a smaller scale, as long as things don't blow out of proportion, is very liberating.

  

  Daniel Craig
  • Long
  • Sometimes
  • Blow

• I believe mutual respect for one another and cooperation should be the basis for relationships with foreign nations.

  

  Narendra Modi
  • Believe
  • Respect

• It's very difficult for me to look at politics with clear eyes. I'll read a story in the paper and the first thing that pops into my head is, what would my dad say about that? Then I try to break out of that and think, 'What would Said say about that,' and then it gets complicated.

  

  Said Sayrafiezadeh
  • Think
  • Dad
  • Eyes

• Quick now, here, now, always- A condition of complete simplicity (Costing not less than everything) And all shall be well and All manner of thing shall be well When the tongues of flame are in-folded Into the crowned knot of fire And the fire and the rose are one.

  

  T. S. Eliot
  • Fire
  • Rose
  • Simplicity

• When some systems are stuck in a dangerous impasse, randomness and only randomness can unlock them and set them free.

  

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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