“I’d say that Berkshire Hathaway’s system is adapting to the nature of the investment problem as it really is. We’ve really made the money out of high quality businesses. In some cases, we bought the whole business. And in some cases, we just bought a big block of stock. But when you analyze what happened, the big money’s been made in the high quality businesses. And most of the other people who’ve made a lot of money have done so in high quality businesses.” PeopleMadeDoneWholeProblemBigsQualityCasesHappenedInvestmentBlockLots Of MoneyHigh QualityAdapting Author:Charlie Munger
“Jen came first, and then they wanted to cast somebody that would... Kevin liked the idea of having a kind of The Ghost of That Character kind of haunt the movie in a way throughout, by having Raquel look so much like her. And also, it was sort of serendipity. I mean, she was also the best actress. I mean, as you can see Raquel has a pretty appealing, engaging kind of precocious, sparkly quality that's... it was just luck really that she happened to the film.” WayFirstsLooksKindMeanIdeasCharacterWantedFilmQualityHappenedLuckCastsActressesGhostEngagingLike HerSerendipityKevinPrecocious Author:Ben Affleck
“That certain feeling happened to me in a big way quite often with the first King Crimson. Amazing things would happen-I mean, telepathy, qualities of energy, things that I had never experienced before with music. You can't tell whether the music is playing the musician or the musician is playing the music.” WayFirstsMeanFeelingsBigsHappensCertainEnergyQualityHappenedKingsMusicianMusic IsAmazing ThingsCrimsonTelepathyKing Crimson Author:Robert Fripp
“As most of the population suffers through life, barely surviving, disappointed and confused day after day, hopeless, wondering what happened to their strong and beautiful country, it is in the medias power to restore, if not some of our quality of life, at least a bit of our peace of mind.” IfsMindCountryBeautifulSufferingStrongBitsQualityWonderHappenedPopulationConfusedPeace Of MindHopelessDisappointedSurvivingQuality Of LifeBeautiful Country Author:Steven Van Zandt
“I'm always fascinated with how a person becomes a good quality person, a productive person, and how it happened to me, because I was a terror.” PersonsQualityHappenedTerrorProductiveFascinatedGood Quality Author:Aaron Eckhart
“We will never be able to understand the terrible things that happened between 1933 and 1945 if we deny from the outset that Hitler also had human characteristics, and if we fail to take into account not only his criminal energies, but also the appealing qualities he had.” IfsHumansAbleEnergyQualityFailingHappenedTerribleAccountsDenyCriminalsCharacteristicsTerrible Things Author:Volker Ullrich