Charlie Munger's Quotes
Born: 1924-01-01
Profession: Businessman
Nation: American
Biography of Charlie Munger
I'm proud to be associated with the value system at Berkshire Hathaway; I think you'll make more money in the end with good ethics than bad.
Tags: End, Good, MoneyThere's more honor in investment management than in investment banking.
Tags: Honor, Investment, ManagementA banker who is allowed to borrow money at X and loan it out at X plus Y will just go crazy and do too much of it if the civilization doesn't have rules that prevent it.
Tags: Crazy, Money, RulesGold is a great thing to sew into your garments if you're a Jewish family in Vienna in 1939, but I think civilized people don't buy gold, they invest in productive businesses.
Tags: Family, Gold, GreatI believe Costco does more for civilization than the Rockefeller Foundation. I think it's a better place. You get a bunch of very intelligent people sitting around trying to do good, I immediately get kind of suspicious and squirm in my seat.
Tags: Good, Place, TryingI'm used to people with very high IQs knowing how to recognize reality, but there's a huge human tendency where it may be instructive to think that whatever you're doing to succeed is all right.
Tags: Human, May, RealityThere's danger in just shoveling out money to people who say, 'My life is a little harder than it used to be.' At a certain place you've got to say to the people, 'Suck it in and cope, buddy. Suck it in and cope.'
Tags: Life, Money, Place