The wise ones bet heavily when the world offers them that opportunity. They bet big when they have the odds. And the… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
The model I like to sort of simplify the notion of what goes on in a market for common stocks is the… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
It's not given to human beings to have such talent that they can just know everything about everything all the time. But… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
So you can get very remarkable investment results if you think more like a winning pari-mutuel player. Just think of it as… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
A few major opportunities, clearly recognizable as such, will usually come to one who continuously searches and waits, with a curious mind,… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
If all you needed to do is to figure out what company is better than others, everyone would make a lot of… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Move only when you have an advantage. It's very basic. You have to understand the odds and have the discipline to bet… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Almost all good businesses engage in 'pain today, gain tomorrow' activities. — Charlie Munger Copy Share
If you want good behavior, don't pay on a commission basis. Our judges aren't paid so much a case. We keep them pretty well… — Charlie Munger Copy Share
Acquire worldly wisdom and adjust your behavior accordingly. If your new behavior gives you a little temporary unpopularity with your peer group then to… — Charlie Munger Copy Share
I think time and time again, in reality, psychological notions and economic notions interplay, and the man who doesn't understand both is a damned… — Charlie Munger Copy Share
I have what I call an iron prescription that helps me keep sane when I naturally drift toward preferring one ideology over another and… — Charlie Munger Copy Share
The tax code gives you an enormous advantage if you can find some things you can just sit with. — Charlie Munger Copy Share
The great lesson in microeconomics is to discriminate between when technology is going to help you and when it's going to kill you. And… — Charlie Munger Copy Share
Some years ago one oil company bought a fertilizer company, and every other major oil company practically ran out and bought a fertilizer company.… — Charlie Munger Copy Share
They [Mc Donalds] take people and give them a first job, which enables them to get a second job. They do a very good… — Charlie Munger Copy Share
We believe that almost all really good investment records will involve relatively little diversification. The basic idea that it was hard to find good… — Charlie Munger Copy Share
It is way less certain to be a wonderful business in the future. The threat is alternative mediums of information. Every newspaper is scrambling… — Charlie Munger Copy Share
In the corporate world, if you have analysts, due diligence, and no horse sense, you've just described hell. — Charlie Munger Copy Share
We have to have a special insight, or we'll put it in the 'too tough' basket. All of you have to look for a… — Charlie Munger Copy Share
I've heard that one-half of the students at elite schools want to go into private equity or hedge funds. They want to keep up… — Charlie Munger Copy Share
