"Intelligence consists in ignoring things that are irrelevant."

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Source : Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2016). “Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile”, p.1783, Random House

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#Irrelevant Quotes

“We've been led to believe that we have a very dumbed-down society - and that people are not thinking and are just sort of interested in escapism. However, if you look at this young generation, what I've been noticing is that they are extremely compassionate. They are extremely globally aware and interested, and they want to participate in making the world a better place - but they don't know how. As adults we are failing them by not providing them with any sort of guidance, any map, or any blueprint to do this stuff.”

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
“When I first met Elvis, we had so much in common and became fast friends.”
“I've just been imagining that it was really me you wanted after all and that I was to stay here for ever and ever. It was a great comfort while it lasted. But the worst of imagining things is that the time comes when you have to stop and that hurts.”
“I love America. America gave me wings.”

Source : "Fictional character: Dieter Dengler". "Rescue Dawn" Biography, www.imdb.com. 2006.
“Family, friends and relationships are the blessings of the God. They are the best way to access God.”
“We have six-and-a-half-billion people on the planet, going rapidly towards seven. We're going to need a lot of inventiveness about how we use water and grow crops.”

Source : "Earth population 'exceeds limits'". news.bbc.co.uk. March 31, 2009.
“It's important for me to fight for principles. But I am not willing to cope with the nastiness of politics anymore and the endless destructive confrontations that it leads to.”
“Without any formal personal finance instruction in our high school or college curricula, many college seniors who graduate in the red will continue to make common financial mistakes that only exacerbate their debt burdens.”

Source : "Financial Education: The Solution for the Future of Our Economy?" by Alexa Von Tobel, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 22, 2010.

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