Showing posts with label Nassim Taleb. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nassim Taleb. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 07, 2026

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

Have a new Quotes for Today up on my Substack. As I've mentioned doing this as a way to thank those who have Subscribed. If you are a Subscriber - you should have received an email. Thanks.

Tuesday, January 06, 2026

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

Have a new Quotes for Today up on my Substack. As I've mentioned doing this as a way to thank those who have Subscribed. If you are a Subscriber - you should have received an email. Thanks.

Monday, April 07, 2025

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

Have a new Quotes for Today up on my Substack. As I've mentioned doing this as a way to thank those who have Subscribed. If you are a Subscriber - you should have received an email. Thanks!

Saturday, March 22, 2025

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

Have a new Quotes for Today up on my Substack. As I've mentioned doing this as a way to thank those who have Subscribed. If you are a Subscriber - you should have received an email. Thanks!

Monday, February 24, 2025

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

Have a new Quotes for Today up on my Substack. As I've mentioned doing this as a way to thank those who have Subscribed. If you are a Subscriber - you should have received an email. Thanks!

Friday, April 07, 2023

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten." - Neil Gaiman

"True success is exiting some rat race to modulate one's activities for peace of mind." - Nassim Taleb

"Why should you feel anger at the world? As if the world would notice." - Marcus Aurelius 

"And he says, 'There won't be any money, but on your deathbed you'll receive total consciousness.' So I got that goin' for me, which is nice." - Carl Spackler

Saturday, March 11, 2023

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Only wholeness leads to clarity, and truth lies in the abyss." - Schiller

 "I'm only responsible for what I say, not for what you understand."- John Wayne

"Principle X - neither the minority nor the majority should be able to impose their preferences on other." - Nassim Taleb

"A man who dares to waste an hour of time has not discovered the value of his life." - Charles Darwin

Monday, February 13, 2023

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Every time you choose to perform a bad habit, it's a vote for that identity." - James Clear

"He's very popular, Ed. The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wastoids, dweebies, dickheads - they all adore him. They think he's a righteous dude." - Grace Wheelberg

"The ones who thrive long term are those who understand the real world is a neverending chain of absurdity, confusions, messy relationships, and imperfect people." - Morgan Housel 

"To be completely cured of newspapers, spend a year reading the previous week's newspapers." - Nassim Taleb

Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Quotes for Today

Some quotes that I hope may resonate with you.

"When immigration is done by single individuals, it is immigration. When done by groups, it is invasion." - Nassim Taleb

"But test and prove all things until you can recognize what is good; to that hold fast." - 1 Thessalonians 5:21

"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." - Arthur Schopenhauer

"There is one phrase in the Bible repeated 365 times. 365 is no coincidence. Be not afraid." - Richard Grenell

Saturday, November 12, 2022

Quotes for Today

Some quotes that I hope may resonate with you.

"The welfare of the people has always been the alibi of tyrants." - Albert Camus

"If you see fraud and don't say fraud, you are a fraud." - Nassim Taleb

"Collecting airline miles is coupon-clipping for the middle class." - Naval Ravikant

"In the state of surrender, you see very clearly what needs to be done, and you take action, doing one thing at a time and focusing on one thing at a time." - Eckhart Tolle

Thursday, October 06, 2022

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein

"Free education is abundant, all over the Internet. It's the desire to learn that's scarce." - Naval Ravikant

"Being nice counts the most when you are nice to people ignored by others." - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

"If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's." - Joseph Campbell

Monday, August 29, 2022

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"In the long run, optimists shape the future." - Kevin Kelly

"Every action you take is a vote for they type of person you wish to become." - James Clear

"What people call stubborn isn't someone who doesn't change opinion but anyone who doesn't agree with them." - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

"Distance yourself from people that you don't want to become." - Shane Parrish

Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Beware taking financial ques from people playing a different game than you are." - Morgan Housel

"I work 16 hours a day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year, from the past 15 years. People still call me lucky." - Elon Musk

"IYIs, Intellectuals Yet Idiots, favor things that work in theory but not in practice to things that work in practice but not in theory." - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

"There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self." - Ernest Hemingway

Tuesday, August 02, 2022

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"The way to get good ideas is to get lots of ideas, and throw the bad ones away." - Linus Pauling

"For the classics, philosophical insight was the product of a life of leisure; for me, a life of leisure is the product of philosophical insight." - Nassim Taleb

"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." - Douglas Adams

"The person who says he knows what he thinks but cannot express it usually does not know what he thinks." - Mortimer Adler

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Bitter are the roots of study, but how sweet their fruit." - Cato

"The odds of an academic "researcher" producing anything eventually used by society is of the order of .00001%. That includes scientists. The odds for a baker: 100%." - Nassim Taleb 

"Reading a book isn't a race - the better the book, the more slowly it should be absorbed." - Naval Ravikant

"When I die I want my body donated to science. But more specifically, a scientist who's working on bringing dead guys back to life." - Norm Macdonald

Friday, April 22, 2022

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Treat yourself like someone you're responsible for helping." - Jordan Peterson

"But if someone has a gun and is trying to kill you... it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun." - Tenzin Gyatso, The 14th Dalai Lama

"Those who have a 'why' to live, can bear with almost any 'how.'" - Viktor Frankl

"My only measure of success is how much time you have to kill." - Nassim Taleb

Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"The closer you are to the truth, the more silent you become inside." - Naval Ravikant

"These people don't see that if you encourage totalitarian methods, the time may come when they will be used against you and not for you." - George Orwell

"When someone emphatically claims 'I bear the sole responsibility for...' a fiasco, she or he are hinting that someone else is the true responsible." - Nassim Taleb

"If at first you don't succeed, try and try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it." - W.C. Fields

Friday, April 08, 2022

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten." - Neil Gaiman

"True success is exiting some rat race to modulate one's activities for peace of mind." - Nassim Taleb

"Why should you feel anger at the world? As if the world would notice." - Marcus Aurelius 

"Live long enough and you'll become a philosopher." - Naval Ravikant

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"I'm only responsible for what I say, not for what you understand."- John Wayne

"Principle X - neither the minority nor the majority should be able to impose their preferences on other." - Nassim Taleb

"A man who dares to waste an hour of time has not discovered the value of his life." - Charles Darwin

"Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world." - Voltaire

Sunday, August 08, 2021

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"If you want to be a clear thinker, you cannot pay attention to politics. It will destroy your ability to think." - Naval Ravikant

"Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?" - Monty Python

"Character - the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life - is the source from which self-respect springs." - Joan Didion

"I have no idea what the Democratic Party stands for because they won't tell you." - Herschel Walker

"Some people ask you a question with their eyes begging you not to tell them the truth." - Nassim Taleb

"Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness." - Alejandro Jodorowsky

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." - Teddy Roosevelt