“The average parent may, for example, plant an artist or fertilize a ballet dancer and end up with a certified public accountant. We cannot train children along chicken wire to make them grow in the right direction. Tying them to stakes is frowned upon, even in Massachusetts.” MayChildrenEndsArtistGrowsParentExampleTrainPlantAverageDancerChickensStakesBalletWireRight DirectionAccountantsMassachusettsBallet DancerCertified Public Accountant Book:Close to Home Source: Close to Home
“Liberalism's key principle is to redistribute wealth from the haves to the have nots. That takes money from the entities with the greatest potential to improve society (for example, corporations that create jobs, invent life-saving medicines, etc.) and redistributes it to the people, whom on average, will never contribute more to society than to hold a menial job.” PeopleJobsWealthPrinciplesExampleKeysMedicineAverageSavingCorporationsLiberalismEtcEntityLife Saving Author:Marty Nemko
“The normal expectancy of the average investor - for example, the pension funds of AT&T or IBM - is 6% for a long time.” LongExampleNormalLong TimeAverageFundInvestorsPensionExpectancyIbm Author:Charlie Munger
“We are more gullible and superstitious today than we were in the Middle Ages, and an example of modern credulity is the widespread belief that the Earth is round. The average man can advance not a single reason for thinking that the Earth is round. He merely swallows this theory because there is something about it that appeals to the twentieth century mentality.” ThinkingMenReasonAgeTodayEarthBeliefModernMiddleCenturyExampleTheoryRoundsAverageAppealsMentalityMiddle AgesTwentieth CenturySuperstitiousCredulityAverage ManGullibleRound Earth Author:George Bernard Shaw
“Dreams are more original than images we see in the media, and are surprisingly unaffected by media. For example, the average person watches several hours of television per day, yet dreams are rarely about shows we have watched or news of the day.” PersonsShowsDreamHoursWatchesMediaExampleTelevisionNewsOriginalsAverageAverage Person Author:Charles McPhee