Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes

You know, children philosophize more than adults - and they are critical of adults.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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ChildrenYouKnowMoreCritical

I wish I had known when I was in the White House what I know now about the Third World.

Jimmy Carter

WorldWishHouseWhiteKnowNow

American businesses and upper incomes pay a larger portion of the federal taxes of our national taxes than any country in the world.

Jim DeMint

WorldAmericanCountryTaxesPay

My mom grew up in poverty in Oklahoma - like Dust Bowl, nine people in one room kind of place - and the way she got out of poverty was through education. My dad grew up without a dad, with very little and he also made his way out through education.

Jennifer Garner

EducationPeopleMomPovertyPlace

Sarcasm doesn't translate in print at all.

Megan Fox

SarcasmPrintTranslateIn Print

A James Bond movie is a stuntman's dream.

Steve Truglia

BondDreamJames BondMovieJames

I think it now comes down to whether you have the skills or not.

Jordan Knight

ThinkYouDownSkillsNowI Think

I'm not no egotistical person. I just want what I'm supposed to get. Not a penny more, not a penny less.

Dr. Dre

PennyPersonWantMoreGetJust

There is a mass of immigrants, a million of them without work. We will stop this invasion.

Antonis Samaras

WorkImmigrantsStopWillWithout

And when Elvis was unhappy, believe me, everyone was unhappy.

Priscilla Presley

MeBelieveUnhappyEveryoneElvis

I was in a production of 'Macbeth.'

Richard C. Armitage

ProductionMacbeth

The stories from 1975 on are not finished and there is no resolve. I could spend 50 hours on the last 25 years of jazz and still not do it justice.

Ken Burns

JusticeJazzYearsResolveLast

Generally speaking, rhyme is the marker for the end of a line. The first rhyme-word is like a challenge thrown down, which the poem itself has to respond to.

James Fenton

ChallengeEndDownFirstLinePoem

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