Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes

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 not God in God's terms. My God isn't the God of George Bush.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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GodReligionArroganceHumanOutside

I stuck with that size because I could bend the strings so well, and somewhere along the line I must have gotten it into my mind that I had small hands, so I was thinking I'd never be able to play a full-scale guitar, but I also felt like I was cheating or cutting corners.

John Fogerty

MindSmallThinkingGuitarCheating

The commercialization of sport is the democratization of sport.

Andrew Young

CommercializationDemocratization

Worrying won't prevent the worst outcome. I've learned to live in the moment, which is not my natural tendency. I've always thought that if I worried about something enough, it wouldn't happen. I forgot to worry about Parkinson's.

Tracy Pollan

LiveMomentThoughtWorryEnough

The focus is on the Middle East, so there are a lot of eyes on the battlefield. But there are other things that are happening around the world, in Northern Africa, things happen in the Southern Hemisphere and in Central and South America.

Rodney Frelinghuysen

EyesFocusWorldAmericaAfrica

When you play for United, you have to perform every week.

Romelu Lukaku

WeekYouPlayUnitedEveryPerform

I have to say it's been tough to leave the Ferrari family, which has been a big part of my career.

Michael Schumacher

FamilyToughCareerSayLeaveBig

Lazy people are always anxious to be doing something.

Luc de Clapiers

PeopleDoingLazyAlwaysSomething

I was so keen to get back to sea. I was rattled.

Lord Mountbatten

SeaBackGetKeenRattled

We owe it to ourselves to keep healthy this marvelous world we've been given.

Lisa Murkowski

WorldHealthyKeepBeenOweGiven

I love Canada. I am from Canada. I will bash the Canadian government but never Canada.

Jason Priestley

LoveGovernmentI AmCanadaNever

When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we use.

Joseph Stalin

WillRopeHangUsSellUse

I can say with total conviction that it was the Holy Spirit that chose, guided the election of Pope Francis.

Donald Wuerl

I CanElectionSaySpiritConviction

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