Stock-picking is like gambling: those who win well, seldom bet, but when they do, they bet heavily.
CHARLIE MUNGERI’m not entitled to have an opinion unless I can state the arguments against my position better than the people who are in opposition. I think that I am qualified to speak only when I’ve reached that state.
More Charlie Munger Quotes
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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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Common stock investors can make money by predicting the outcomes of practice evolution. You can’t derive this by fundamental analysis – you must think biologically.
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The safest way to get what you want is to deserve what you want.
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People always underestimate the ability of earth to increase its carrying capacity.
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The wise ones bet heavily when the world offers them that opportunity. They bet big when they have the odds. And the rest of the time, they don’t. It’s just that simple.
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I’m right, and you’re smart, and sooner or later you’ll see I’m right.
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If you can buy the best companies, over time the pricing takes care of itself.
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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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It takes character to sit there with all that cash and do nothing. I didn’t get to where I am by going after mediocre opportunities.
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I think that, every time you saw the word EBITDA, you should substitute the word “bullshit” earnings.
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Acknowledging what you don’t know is the dawning of wisdom.
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You’re not going to get very far in life based on what you already know. You’re going to advance in life by what you’re going to learn after you leave here.
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Bull markets go to people’s heads. If you’re a duck on a pond, and it’s rising due to a downpour, you start going up in the world. But you think it’s you, not the pond.
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All I want to know is where I’m going to die, so I’ll never go there.
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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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