The more data we have, the more likely we are to drown in it.

If my detractors knew me better they would hate me even more.

Antifragility is beyond resilience or robustness. The resilient resists shocks and stays the same; the antifragile gets better.

I'd rather have the market tell us what - I'd rather have events precipitate events, rather than just sit there like passive people in Washington.

Hard work will get you a professorship or a BMW. You need both work and luck for a Booker, a Nobel or a private jet.

If you're going to fail, you'd rather fail early than fail late in general.

Aesthetics, ethics, and many good things in humans are contagious.