Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes

The mortgage crisis is a clear instance of consumers who needed protection. There was predatory lending to people who didn't know what they were doing.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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PeopleDoingKnowCrisisMortgage

If people don't invest into new manufacturing, renewable energy, new health-care technology - these are our revenues and our bookings.

Joe Kaeser

TechnologyPeopleEnergyNewInvest

The code of the road is, if there is anything to eat, eat; if there is a place to sit, sit; if there is a restroom, go.

Jessica Savitch

RoadPlaceGoEatAnythingSit

You can't sustain a high level of intense activity with thousands of people forever. It has to be for a specific objective.

Jeremy Corbyn

PeopleYouHighForeverLevel

The most important thing I learned as a foreign correspondent in about 80 countries is that it takes a very shallow knowledge of history to think that there are solutions to most problems.

Robert D. Kaplan

KnowledgeHistoryProblemsThink

It's true to say that once I've got the bare bones of a story, I often get ideas from my own research trips to faraway places.

Michelle Paver

IdeasResearchStorySayTrueOwn

Directing is genderless. The only thing... I love men. I'm not being mean to them, but they can't hear you. I don't have a husband, and so I'm not really attuned to it, but I didn't know that they could not really hear you. Like, I'm talking, and they just walk away.

Lori Petty

LoveWalkMenHusbandTalkingYou

My mom had to beg the guys to let me play. I couldn't even play the drums right - Brian had to show me.

Dennis Wilson

MeMomPlayRightShowDrums

That's definitely a part of who Superman is and definitely who Clark on the farm is. It translates to how calm he is. I feel like I'm pretty calm most of the time and relaxed, which gives presence to the character.

Brandon Routh

CharacterTimeCalmFeelFarm

Vocal study before age 20 is likely to be injurious, though some survive it in the hands of very careful and understanding teachers.

Alma Gluck

AgeSurviveUnderstandingHandsSome

We are fighting corruption and all illegal activities and building a culture of transparency and ethical governance.

Ali Bongo Ondimba

CultureBuildingFightingCorruption

When the President does it, that means that it's not illegal.

Richard M. Nixon

PresidentMeansDoesIllegal

The design of 'Love Actually,' the typeface, the basic line of that poster and that DVD cover has been ripped off so many times.

Martin Freeman

LoveDesignLineOffBeenBasic

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