"People tend to whisper when they say the truth and raise their voice when they lie." - @nntaleb

"Robustness is progress without impatience." - Nassim Nicholas Taleb in The Bed of Procrustes

"But the worst touristification is the life we moderns have to lead in captivity, during our leisure hours: Friday night opera, scheduled parties, scheduled laughs. Again, golden jail. This "goal-driven" attitude hurts deeply inside my existential self." - Taleb

"A mathematician starts with a problem and creates a solution; a consultant starts by offering a “solution” and creates a problem." - Nassim Nicholas Taleb in The Bed of Procrustes

"What annoys you more, + mosquitoes, or + IYIs (Intellectual Yet Idiots) who discuss their elimination thinking they understand the consequences?" - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

"Revenge isn't just revenge. It's a deterrent." - Nassim Nicholas Taleb #revenge

"Truth is in the extremes. There is no noise in the far tails." - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

"To teach someone a real skill, teach him how to take risk & fail. He will never learn this in school. No nonrisktaker can ever teach it. " - Nassim Taleb #risk

"Intellect without balls is like a racecar without tires." - @nntaleb

"If we are the only animal with a sense of justice, it would clearly be because we also are about the only animal with a sense of cruelty." - Nassim Nicholas Taleb