Over the years, Charlie [Munger, Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman] and I have observed many accounting-based frauds of staggering size. Few of the perpetrators have been punished; many have not even been censured. It has been far safer to steal large sums with pen than small sums with a gun.
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1988 Chairman's LetterWarren Buffett
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It is a remarkable thing with reference to men who are distressed for money... they never seem at a loss for small sums, or deny themselves those luxuries which small sums purchase. Cabs, dinners, wine, theatres, and new gloves are always at the command of men who are drowned in pecuniary embarrassments, whereas those who don't owe a shilling are so frequently obliged to go without them!
Anthony Trollope
Samuelson, however, hedged his personal bets - by putting some of his own money in Berkshire Hathaway.
William Poundstone
Few women care to be laughed at and men not at all, except for large sums of money.
Alan Ayckbourn
There's nothing that will change someone's moral outlook quicker than cash in large sums.
Larry Flynt
We all know how the size of sums of money appears to vary in a remarkable way according as they are being paid in or paid out.
Julian Huxley
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