Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes

I drive a hybrid, moving into an electric car. I only drink tap water, never consume food that's travelled.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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CarWaterFoodMovingDriveNever

A consensus politician is someone who does something that he doesn't believe is right because it keeps people quiet when he does it.

John Major

PeopleBelieveSomeoneQuietRight

As soon as you get off stage, that's the most dangerous time for a singer to kiss people because your vocal chords are receptive to any kind of germ.

Anita Baker

TimeKissPeopleYouDangerousKind

There's no way I'm going to put this kid in the movies, because of the rejection. It's so hard as an adult, so why set her up to feel that bad as a child?

Rosanna Arquette

ChildFeelRejectionBadMoviesWhy

The only thing I liked on HSN was Wolfgang Puck selling cookware. He was funny and engaging. He gave you recipes. Even if you didn't want to buy anything, you could watch Wolfgang for an hour.

Mindy Grossman

FunnyYouSellingWantBuyAnything

We always think of a diet with a big groan. But I think diets are fun. I think it is an American pastime for a lot of women.

Mindy Kaling

WomenFunThinkAmericanDietBig

In my experience, working as an intelligence analyst with my own pool of sources numbering close to 100, by far the most effective forms of human intelligence collection are rapport-building and direct questioning.

Chelsea Manning

ExperienceIntelligencePoolMy Own

When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things - not the great occasions - that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness.

Bob Hope

HappinessGreatPastGlowFindGive

Carrying out the thing, getting it to the point when one might say: There, now it is good - that point is hard to reach. Often, one sets very high goals for oneself. Perhaps too high.

Arne Jacobsen

GoodGoalsReachNowSayHigh

I actually completely suck at being a bioethicist. What I do is history of medicine and patient advocacy. Patient advocacy is actually the opposite of bioethics, because bioethicists are the people who increasingly set up and justify the systems we patient advocates have to fight.

Alice Dreger

HistoryFightPeopleMedicineUp

What I've learnt being an actor is that you've got to be lucky. I got less lucky, and nobody was interested. If a part came up, it would be for the main corpse's friend's brother who was having problems with his marriage.

Peter Capaldi

FriendMarriageBrotherProblemsYou

If you're lucky enough to have a pretty girl love you and share herself and sleep with you, make that your secret. The best way to spoil love is by talking to too many people about it.

Rip Torn

LoveGirlBestSleepLove IsPeople

CEOs who boldly lean into fulfilling the dual mandate of earning profits and providing societal benefits will find a receptive public.

Richard Edelman

FindWillEarningBenefitsWhoLean

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