I don't know anyone on Wall Street who goes to work every day thinking…

Nassim Nicholas Taleb
178 citations
I don't know anyone on Wall Street who goes to work every day thinking of anything but how to increase their bonus.
Thought
31

More Author Quotes

The grandchildren should not bear the debts of the grandparents.
Antifragility is beyond resilience or robustness. The resilient resists shocks and stays the same; the antifragile gets better. ✨ Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2012). Antifragile: Things That Gain from Diso … ▶
In the United States large corporations control some members of Congress. All this does is delay the corporation’s funeral at our expense. ✨ Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2016). Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Foole … ▶
Learn to fail with pride - and do so fast and cleanly. Maximise trial and error - by mastering the error part.
Modernity: we created youth without heroism, age without wisdom, and life without grandeur ✨ Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2010). The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms, p.31, Random H … ▶

I don't know anyone on Wall Street who goes to work every day thinking of anything but how to increase their bonus.

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes