Three rules for a career: 1) Don’t sell anything you wouldn’t buy yourself; 2) Don’t work for anyone you don’t respect and admire; and 3) Work only with people you enjoy.
Charlie MungerThe SEC does way more good than harm - the last thing I would do is get rid of the SEC...if accounting were thoroughly fixed, a lot of other sins would go away. We're paying a huge price for deterioration of accounting.
Charlie MungerOver the very long term, history shows that the chances of any business surviving in a manner agreeable to a company's owners are slim at best.
Charlie MungerWe have a history when things are really horrible of wading in when no one else will.
Charlie MungerAll intelligent investing is value investing - acquiring more that you are paying for. You must value the business in order to value the stock.
Charlie MungerPeople have always had this craving to have someone tell them the future. Long ago, kings would hire people to read sheep guts. There's always been a market for people who pretend to know the future. Listening to today's forecasters is just as crazy as when the king hired the guy to look at the sheep guts.
Charlie Munger