Wrigley is a great business, but that doesn't solve the problem. Buying great businesses at advantageous prices is very tough.
Charlie MungerWhile no real money came down, my family gave me a good education and a marvelous example of how people should behave, and in the end that was more valuable than money. Being surrounded by the right values from the beginning is an immense treasure. Warrenhad that. It even has a financial advantage.
Charlie MungerI think that one should recognize reality even when one doesn't like it; indeed, especially when one doesn't like it.
Charlie MungerAll the equity investors, in total, will surely bear a performance disadvantage per annum equal to the total croupiers' costs they have jointly elected to bear. This is an inescapable fact of life. And it is also inescapable that exactly half of the investors will get a result below the median result after the croupiers' take, which median result may well be somewhere between unexciting and lousy.
Charlie Munger