782 Quotes by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Missing a train is only painful if you run after it! Likewise, not matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful if that's what you are seeking.

The track record of economists in predicting events is monstrously bad. It is beyond simplification it is like medieval medicine.

Charm is the ability to insult people without offending them, nerdiness the reverse.

Stoicism is about the domestication of emotions, not their elimination.

You need to keep reminding yourself of the obvious. Charm lies in the unsaid, the unwritten, and the undisplayed.

For life to be really fun, what you fear should line up with what you desire.

Private equity has absolutely no reason to exist. The private equity holder has all the upside and the banks all the downside.Â

.. it is about the distortions of symmetry and reciprocity in life: if you have the rewards, you must also get some of the risks— not let others pay the price of your mistakes. If you inflict risk onto others and they are harmed, you need to pay some price for it.