Top 82 Quotes by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

About Nassim Nicholas Taleb

These are some quotes by Lebanese author Nassim Nicholas Taleb Scientist, who was born in 1960.

I'm a private intellectual, not a public one.

I'm a private intellectual, not a public one.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Economics make homeopath and alternative healers look empirical and scientific.

Economics make homeopath and alternative healers look empirical and scientific.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Writing is sacred, other activities are profane, and I don't want them to corrupt my writing.

Writing is sacred, other activities are profane, and I don't want them to corrupt my writing.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Deficits are like putting dynamite in the hands of children. They can get out of control very quickly.

Deficits are like putting dynamite in the hands of children. They can get out of control very quickly.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

You know, children philosophize more than adults - and they are critical of adults.

You know, children philosophize more than adults - and they are critical of adults.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

I don't read the papers; I stopped reading the papers. I read the papers only during periods of crisis, and I think papers are too long on a regular day and too short days when we have a crisis.

I don't read the papers; I stopped reading the papers. I read the papers only during periods of crisis, and I think papers are too long on a regular day and too short days when we have a crisis.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Most so-called writers keep writing and writing with the hope, some day, to find something to say.

Most so-called writers keep writing and writing with the hope, some day, to find something to say.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The mortgage crisis is a clear instance of consumers who needed protection. There was predatory lending to people who didn't know what they were doing.

The mortgage crisis is a clear instance of consumers who needed protection. There was predatory lending to people who didn't know what they were doing.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

We have this culture of financialization. People think they need to make money with their savings rather with their own business. So you end up with dentists who are more traders than dentists. A dentist should drill teeth and use whatever he does in the stock market for entertainment.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Inequalities of wealth lead to a dispersion in wealth for all.

Inequalities of wealth lead to a dispersion in wealth for all.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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