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Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes

Governments that try to shoot for a surplus hardly ever reach it.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: scientist
Nationality: lebanese
Birth: 1960

Topics

Reach Try Shoot Ever Hardly Surplus

I admire politicians. It is a really tough assignment, and I would fall at the first fence.

Tough Fence Fall Admire First Would

It was great for me to go through all of my crazy Ferraris in my twenties. I think it was an inoculation against any kind of a midlife crisis.

Great Me Crazy Think Go Kind

I knew from the beginning that privacy was going to be a huge issue, especially with regard to applying Total Information Awareness in counterterrorism. Because if the technology development was successful, a logical place to apply it was inside the United States.

John Poindexter

Technology Beginning Information

Nobody writes like Nabokov; nobody ever will. What I would give to write one sentence like Vladimir!

Nobody Will Write Give Would Like

I'd never try to be that distinctive from the Bee Gees' sound. I'm very proud of being a Bee Gee and am always aware that I'll be identified as a Bee Gee.

Bee Proud Try Never Sound Always

The spirit of forgiveness should prevail, and there should be tolerance and understanding among all political parties for us to move forward.

Forgiveness Forward Political Spirit

If you could taste words, most corporate websites, brochures, and sales materials would remind you of stale, soggy rice cakes: nearly calorie free, devoid of nutrition, and completely unsatisfying.

Words Free You Websites Nutrition

In England, we'd leave school at 15 and go on to a college, and I went to further education in a town called Welling Garden City. I fully immersed myself in bohemia there, which included poetry and modern art, jazz, philosophy, social radicalism.

Education Art Myself School Poetry

I love when people have their own creative vision, when a person stands out and tries different things.

Love Vision Creative People Person

Social activism has gone mainstream. A new generation of philanthropic leaders such as Bill and Melinda Gates, and Bono are providing inspiration, guidance, and billions of dollars through their global foundations.

Generation New Inspiration Guidance

I make sure I always surround myself with good, down to earth, fun, real people, who always keep me grounded.

Good Myself Fun People Me Down

To film with our family is awesome - you have to hang out with each other, and I love that because I hate being alone.

Family Love Alone Hate Being Alone

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