A lot of our respected financial institutions are just casinos in drag.
CHARLIE MUNGERIntelligent people make decisions based on opportunity costs.
More Charlie Munger Quotes
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Spend less than you make; always be saving something. Put it into a tax-deferred account. Over time, it will begin to amount to something. This is such a no-brainer.
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There is bound to be a regression toward the mean.
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People always underestimate the ability of earth to increase its carrying capacity.
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You’re looking for a mispriced gamble. That’s what investing is. And you have to know enough to know whether the gamble is mispriced. That’s value investing.
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It’s been my experience in life if you just keep thinking and reading, you don’t have to work.
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If you don’t keep learning, other people will pass you by. Temperament alone won’t do it – you need a lot of curiosity for a long, long time.
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The safest way to get what you want is to deserve what you want.
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Our job is to find a few intelligent things to do, not to keep up with every damn thing in the world.
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If you don’t allow for self-serving bias in the conduct of others, you are, again, a fool.
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Show me the incentive and I will show you the outcome.
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It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent.
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Intelligent people make decisions based on opportunity costs.
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A lot of success in life and business comes from knowing what you want to avoid: early death, a bad marriage, etc.
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The game of life is the game of everlasting learning. At least it is if you want to win.
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The more hard lessons you can learn vicariously rather than through your own hard experience, the better.
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