Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes About War

Quotes about: War

• People have the problem of denial. This is one of the things I learned in Lebanon. Everybody who left Beirut when the war started, including my parents, said, 'Oh, its temporary.' It lasted 17 years! People tend to underestimate the gravity of these situations. That's how they work.

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  War, Years, People

• It might be useful to be able to predict war. But tension does not necessarily lead to war, but often to peace and to denouement.

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  War, Doe, Might

  "The new sage of Wall Street" by Edward Helmore, www.theguardian.com. September 27, 2008.

• Never take advice from anyone in a tie. They'll bankrupt you. Don't ask a general for advice on war, and don't ask a broker for advice on money.

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  War, Ties, Advice

• If humans fight the last war, nature fights the next one.

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

  War, Fighting, Lasts

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2012). “Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder”, p.46, Random House

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