All I want to know is where I’m going to die, so I’ll never go there.
CHARLIE MUNGERIf you get into the mental habit of relating what you’re reading to the basic structure of the underlying ideas being demonstrated, you gradually accumulate some wisdom.
More Charlie Munger Quotes
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Someone will always be getting richer faster than you. This is not a tragedy.
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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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Acknowledging what you don’t know is the dawning of wisdom.
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Opportunity comes to the prepared mind.
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The iron rule of nature is: you get what you reward for. If you want ants to come, you put sugar on the floor.
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Most people are too fretful, they worry to much. Success means being very patient, but aggressive when it’s time.
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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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A lot of our respected financial institutions are just casinos in drag.
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Great investing requires a lot of delayed gratification.
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Intelligent people make decisions based on opportunity costs.
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This is a good life lesson: getting the right people into your system is the most important thing you can do.
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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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I try to get rid of people who always confidently answer questions about which they don’t have any real knowledge.
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The 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.
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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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