I hardly know anybody who’s done very well in life in terms of cognition that doesn’t have somebody trusted to talk to. Einstein would not have been able to do what he did without people to talk to. Didn’t need many but he needed some. You organize your own thoughts as you try and convince other people. It’s a very necessary part of operations. If you had some hermit sitting on a mountain, he wouldn’t do very well. —CHARLIE MUNGER, CNBC INTERVIEW, 2014