“Pessimistic visions about almost anything always strike the public as more erudite than optimistic ones” Quote by Joseph A. Schumpeter
“Fund consultants like to require style boxes such as "long-short," "macro," "international equities." At Berkshire our only style box is "smart."” LongStyleSmartInvestingInternationalBoxesFundEquityConsultantsMacro Author:Warren Buffett
“Well, one time some attractive woman sat next to Charlie and asked him what he owed his success to, and, unfortunately, she insisted on a one word answer. He had a speech prepared that would have gone on for several hours. But when forced to boil it down to one word, he said that was "rational". You know, he comes equipped for rationality, and he applies it in business. He doesn't always apply it elsewhere, but he applies it in business and that has made him a huge business success.” KnowsWellsMadeSaidNextHoursAnswersGoneHugeSpeechPreparedInvestingRationalAttractiveSatOne TimeElsewhereBusiness SuccessRationalityOne WordCharlieAttractive Woman Author:Warren Buffett
“Life is a tightrope between two errors: generalizing the wrong particular and particularizing the wrong general.” TwoLife IsParticularErrorsInvestingWrongLife Is LikeGeneralisation Author:Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“Situations in life often permit no delay; and when we cannot determine the course which is certainly best, we must follow the one which is probably the best. This frame of mind freed me also from the repentance and remorse commonly felt by those vacillating individuals who are always seeking as worthwhile things which they later judge to be bad.” MindCoursesIndividualFeltSituationJudgingInvestingDetermineSeekingDecision MakingRepentancePermitWorthwhileDelayRemorseFrame Of MindSituations In LifeWorthwhile Things Author:Rene Descartes
“We attracted a lot of market timers and asset allocators. I don't need those ... amateurs in my fund.” NeedsInvestingFundAssetsTimer Author:Martin J. Whitman
“If you'd asked me then if I saw how big "The Steve Harvey Morning Show" was going to be, I couldn't tell you. But I knew I could reach people not as a character but as Steve Harvey, because although I tell jokes for a living, I've also lived, and I think I can relate to you more than you know.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsI CanCharacterShowsBigsMorningSawsJokesRelateHarvey Author:Steve Harvey
“People like the robber barons assumed that the doctrine of the survival of the fittest authenticated them as deserving power. You know, "I'm the richest. Therefore, I'm the best. God's in his heaven, etc." And that reaction of the robber barons was so irritating to people that it made it unfashionable to think of an economy as an ecosystem. But the truth is that it is a lot like an ecosystem. And you get many of the same results.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMadeHeavenResultsEconomyTruth IsSurvivalInvestingReactionsDoctrineMade ItEtcDeservingEcosystemsIrritatingRobbersSurvival Of The FittestBest GodRobber Baron Author:Charlie Munger
“In the financial world it tends to be misleading to state, "There is no free lunch." Rather the more meaningful comment is, "Somebody has to pay for lunch."” WorldStatesPayInvestingFinancialMeaningfulCommentLunchMisleadFree Lunch Author:Martin J. Whitman
“I invest because I love helping entrepreneurs and watching them learn and succeed. In my opinion your motives are driven by self serving factors around ego satisfaction and "making a buck". My motives and values are very different.” DifferentSelfHelpingValuesOpinionSucceedEgoEntrepreneurInvestingSatisfactionDrivenFactorsMotiveServingBucksSelf Serving Author:Ron Conway
“Smart tech investor thinks about: a) future product roadmap, b) bottoms-up market size & growth, c) talent and skill of team. Essentially you are valuing things that have not yet happened, and the likelihood of the CEO and team being able to make them happen. Finance people find this appalling, but investors who do this well can make a lot of money.” PeopleThinkingWellsHappensAbleGrowthHappenedTeamTalentProductsSkillsSmartBottomInvestingSizeFinanceInvestorsLots Of MoneyCeoLikelihood Author:Marc Andreessen