782 Quotes by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

In this world, you should always be suspicious of the knowledge you derive from data.

It is true that a thousand days cannot prove you right, but one day can prove you to be wrong.

The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary.

Only he who is free with his time is free with his opinion.

Things always become obvious after the fact

This visible tension between individual and collective interests is new in history…

The “persecution” of the Christians had vastly more to do with the intolerance of the Christians for the pantheon of local gods than the reverse. What we read is history written by the Christian side, not the Greco-Roman one.

And, just as it is harder to have good qualities when one is rich than when one is poor, it is harder to be a Stoic when one is wealthy, powerful, and respected than when one is destitute, miserable, and lonely.

I am, at the Fed level, libertarian;at the state level, Republican;at the local level, Democrat;and at the family and friends level, a socialist.If that saying doesn’t convince you of the fatuousness of left vs. right labels, nothing will.