Quotes by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Explore a curated collection of 25 quotes by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

Things always become obvious after the fact — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Life is about execution rather than purpose. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Why do we keep focusing on the minutiae, not the possible significant large events, in spite of the obvious evidence of — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Every social association that is not face-to-face is injurious to your health — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
A mistake is not something to be determined after the fact, but in the light of the information until that point — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The difference between technology and slavery is that slaves are fully aware that they are not free — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Most info-Web-media-newspaper types have a hard time swallowing the idea that knowledge is reached (mostly) by removing — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Doctors most commonly get mixed up between absence of evidence and evidence of abense — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Luck is the grand equalizer. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Probability and expectation are not the same. Its probability and probability times the pay off. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Failure saves lives. In the airline industry, every time a plane crashes the probability of the next crash is lowered by — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
What America does best is produce the ability to accept failure. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Globalization has created this interlocking fragility. At no time in the history of the universe has the cancellation of — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg didn't finish college. Too much emphasis is placed on formal education - I to — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
I drive a hybrid, moving into an electric car. I only drink tap water, never consume food that's travelled. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
I'm in favour of religion as a tamer of arrogance. For a Greek Orthodox, the idea of God as creator outside the human is — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
I select a very small number of things to be sceptical about, such as markets, and on these I am hypersceptic. But I wan — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The people I go after are the false experts, those who do not accept the limits of their knowledge. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The next time you experience a blackout, take some solace by looking at the sky. You will not recognize it. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb