“There are two types of people: those who try to win and those who try ...” — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quote

“There are two types of people: those who try to win and those who try to win arguments. They are never the same.”

“I have never had personal debt and never will.”

“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.”

“People's minds are changed through observation and not through argument.”

“What nobody wants to discuss is whether or not the black-and-white argument about trade - you're either a free trader or you're a protectionist - is the right one. It's the old 19th century argument.”

“I'd read 'Paradise Lost' as an undergrad at university but remembered little about it. No, not true: I remembered few details, but carried with me with the persuasive arguments and pitiable dilemma of its arguable protagonist, Satan.”