“Most good things come with the risk of something bad.”
Richelle Mead (1976) American writer
Source: Succubus Blues
“This is the central illusion in life: that randomness is a risk, that it is a bad thing …”
Source: Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (2012), p. 84
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb (1960) Lebanese-American essayist, scholar, statistician, former trader and risk analyst
Source: Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder
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Jürg Niehans (1919–2007) Swiss economist
Source: The theory of money, 1978, p. 296
Heinz R. Pagels (1939–1988) American physicist
Source: The Dreams of Reason, 1988, ISBN 0-553-34710-1
“The economic illusion is the belief that social justice is bad for economic growth.”
Robert Kuttner (1943) American journalist
Introduction, p. 1 (First text line.)
The Economic Illusion (1984)
David Baddiel (1964) British comedian, novelist and television presenter
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“For every bad thing in life, there are more good things to tip the balance.”
Richelle Mead (1976) American writer
Source: Succubus on Top
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830–1903) British politician
Quarterly Review, 135, 1873, p. 544
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