"Muscles without strength, friendship without trust, opinion without risk, change without aesthetics, age without values, food without nourishment, power without fairness, facts without rigor, degrees without erudition, militarism without fortitude, progress without civilization, complication without depth, fluency without content; these are the sins to remember."

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Source : FaceBook post by Nassim Nicholas Taleb from Aug 11, 2014

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#Civilization Quotes #Risk Quotes #Progress Quotes

“When I was very young I wanted to be a professional horseback rider. Then I wanted to be a pop singer. Then I wanted to be a psychiatrist. Then I wanted to be a movie director.”
“If we're at the lowest point in history, that means we're in a new Cold War.”

Source : Source: abcnews.go.com
“Isola doesn't approve of small talk and believes in breaking the ice by stomping on it.”
“Millions of Americans are either underemployed or unemployed”

Source : ""Face the Nation" transcripts, August 5, 2012: McDonnell, Rendell, Strickland, Diaz-Balart". www.cbsnews.com. August 5, 2012.
“Glad to eat ya', I mean meet ya'" - Digger”
“The surprise of an army is now next to an impossibility. ... Prearranged surprises are rare and difficult because in order to plan one it becomes necessary to have an accurate knowledge of the enemy's camp.”

Source : Antoine-Henri Jomini (2012). “The Art of War”, p.191, Courier Corporation
“I like stirring things up. Im on the side of the kids more than I am on the adults. And occasionally I find some adults that have that same mischievous streak, so I dont get in too much trouble.”
“Most people trusted in the future, assuming that their preferred version of it would unfold. Blindly planning for it, envisioning things that weren't the case. This was the working of the will. This was what gave the world purpose and direction. Not what was there but what was not.”

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