I like people admitting they were complete stupid horses’ asses. I know I’ll perform better if I rub my nose in my mistakes. This is a wonderful trick to learn.
CHARLIE MUNGERThe investment game always involves considering both quality and price, and the trick is to get more quality than you pay for in price. It’s just that simple.
More Charlie Munger Quotes
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There 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.
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Stock-picking is like gambling: those who win well, seldom bet, but when they do, they bet heavily.
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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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I think that, every time you saw the word EBITDA, you should substitute the word “bullshit” earnings.
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We have found in a long life that one competitor is frequently enough to ruin a business.
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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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Opportunity comes to the prepared mind.
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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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We don’t like trading agony for money
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It never ceases to amaze me to see how much territory can be grasped if one merely masters and consistently uses all the obvious and easily learned principles.
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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.
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Show me the incentive and I will show you the outcome.
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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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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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Investing is where you find a few great companies and then sit on your ass.
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