There has never been a master plan. Anyone who wanted to do it, we fired because it takes on a life of its own and doesn’t cover new reality. We want people taking into account new information.
CHARLIE MUNGERThere are worse situations than drowning in cash and sitting, sitting, sitting. I remember when I wasn’t awash in cash — and I don’t want to go back.
More Charlie Munger Quotes
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If the value of a company doesn’t just scream out at you, it’s too close.
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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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If you want to understand science, you have to understand math. In business, if you’re enumerate, you’re going to be a klutz. The good thing about business is that you don’t have to know any higher math.
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If you can buy the best companies, over time the pricing takes care of itself.
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In my whole life, I have known no wise people who didn’t read all the time – none … ZERO.
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I believe in the discipline of mastering the best that other people have ever figured out. I don’t believe in just sitting down and trying to dream it all up yourself. Nobody’s that smart.
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Acknowledging what you don’t know is the dawning of wisdom.
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To me, it’s obvious that the winner has to bet very selectively. It’s been obvious to me since very early in life. I don’t know why it’s not obvious to very many other people.
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Opportunity comes to the prepared mind.
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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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When you locate a bargain, you must ask, ‘Why me, God? Why am I the only one who could find this bargain?’
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Why should it be easy to do something that, if done well, two or three times, will make your family rich for life?
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Whenever you think something or some person is ruining your life, it’s you. A victimization mentality is so debilitating.
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Never, ever, think about something else when you should be thinking about the power of incentives.
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The best thing a human being can do is to help another human being know more.
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