The lawyers have escaped most criticism [and undeservedly so]. The tax shelters [were approved by lawyers, who got paid huge commissions to do so] and every miscreant had a high-falutin' lawyer at his side. Why don't more law firms vote with their feet and not take clients who have signs on them that say, "I'm a skunk and will be hard to handle?" I've noticed that firms that avoid trouble over long periods of time have an institutional process that tunes bad clients out. Boy, if I were running a law firm, I'd want a system like that because a lot of firms have a lot of bad clients.
I don't have too much interest in teaching other people how to get rich. And that isn't because I fear the competition or anything like that - Warren… - Charlie Munger
I don't have too much interest in teaching other people how to get rich. And that isn't because I fear the competition or anything like that - Warren…
- Charlie Munger
We don't have any miraculous way of avoiding taxes at Wesco and Berkshire. - Charlie Munger
We don't have any miraculous way of avoiding taxes at Wesco and Berkshire.
Knowing what you don't know is more useful than being brilliant. - Charlie Munger
Knowing what you don't know is more useful than being brilliant.
You don't have to be brilliant, only a little bit wiser than the other guys, on average, for a long, long, time. - Charlie Munger
You don't have to be brilliant, only a little bit wiser than the other guys, on average, for a long, long, time.
The big money is not in the buying and selling ... but in the waiting. - Charlie Munger
The big money is not in the buying and selling ... but in the waiting.
For years I have read the morning paper and harrumphed. There's a lot to harrumph about now. - Charlie Munger
For years I have read the morning paper and harrumphed. There's a lot to harrumph about now.
Opportunity comes to the prepared mind. - Charlie Munger
Opportunity comes to the prepared mind.
It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intell… - Charlie Munger
It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intell…
Those who will not face improvements because they are changes, will face changes that are not improvements. - Charlie Munger
Those who will not face improvements because they are changes, will face changes that are not improvements.
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