Top 82 Quotes by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The American people will eventually get hurt by this accumulated deficit. That's the problem. We have too much deficit. We have to find a solution.

Globalization has created this interlocking fragility. At no time in the history of the universe has the cancellation of a Christmas order in New York meant layoffs in China.

For many people, commuting is the worst part of the day, and policies that can make commuting shorter and more convenient would be a straightforward way to reduce minor but widespread suffering.

In the United States, large corporations control some members of Congress. All this does is delay the corporation's funeral at our expense.

What we do today has nothing to do with capitalism or socialism. It is a crony type of system that transfers money to the coffers of bureaucrats.

When you write, you don't have the social constraints of having people in front of you, so you talk about abstract matters.

You will get the most attention from those who hate you. No friend, no admirer and no partner will flatter you with as much curiosity.

Governments that try to shoot for a surplus hardly ever reach it.

Fragility is the quality of things that are vulnerable to volatility.

A country's assets reside in the tinkerers, the hobbyists, and the risk-takers.