Nassim Nicholas Taleb

You want to be the fire and wish for the wind.

The difference between the rich and the poor is that the rich don't work for money—they make money work for them.

The only way to be a philosopher is to practice what you preach—and the only way to practice what you preach is to be a philosopher.

The only people who think that a billion dollars isn't enough are those who have at least a billion dollars.

The most dangerous people in the world are those who have nothing to lose.

The only way to be happy is to find a way to make your work play.

The more you talk, the less people listen.

The three most addictive substances on earth are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary.

Never trust a man who uses the word 'paradigm'.

If you want to be a philosopher, write books. If you want to be a journalist, write tweets. If you want to be a parasite, write academic papers.

Modern life is a product of people who don't understand probability.

The problem with 'experts' is that they're often optimized for telling a good story, not for accurate prediction.

Academia is a graveyard of ideas.

Universities are turning into corporations, and professors into employees, not scholars.

Never engage in a discussion with a bureaucrat. You will lose your soul.

Journalists are the lowest form of intellectual life.

Beware of economists. They are like doctors who treat the symptoms, not the disease.

The more data you have, the more likely you are to find spurious correlations.

Never trust anyone who doesn't drink alcohol.

The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, but conformity.