Not everything that happens happens for a reason, but everything that survives survives. By Nassim Nicholas Taleb Life, Wisdom, Wise
For all it takes is for my paranoia to be right once, and it saves my life. By Nassim Nicholas Taleb Life, Risk, Wise
In a strategy that entails ruin, benefits never offset risks of ruin. By Nassim Nicholas Taleb Life, Risk, Wise
Survival comes first, truth, understanding, and science later. By Nassim Nicholas Taleb Life, Powerful, Science, Truth, Wise
Superstitions can be vectors for risk management rules. By Nassim Nicholas Taleb Business, Risk, Superstition, Wise
Never discount anything that allows you to survive. By Nassim Nicholas Taleb Life, Risk, Success, Wisdom, Wise
How much you truly “believe” in something can be manifested only through what you are willing to risk for it. By Nassim Nicholas Taleb Belief, Life, Risk, Success
Courage (risk taking) is the highest virtue. We need entrepreneurs. By Nassim Nicholas Taleb Courage, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Risk
If you understand nothing about the problem (like D.C. pundits) and have no skin in the game, then everything is seen through the prism of geopolitics. By Nassim Nicholas Taleb Geopolitics, Risk, Skin in the game, Wise
What is absent from the data should be taken into account—absence of Black Swans in the record doesn’t mean these were not there. By Nassim Nicholas Taleb Black swan, Business, Data, Entrepreneurs, Wise
Are visual deceits any different from leading someone to believe in Santa Claus, if it enhances his or her holiday aesthetic experience? By Nassim Nicholas Taleb Aesthetics, holiday, Santa Claus
People who are bred, selected, and compensated to find complicated solutions do not have an incentive to implement simplified ones. By Nassim Nicholas Taleb Bureaucracy, Business, State, Success, Wise
