Warren Buffett Quotes
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After all, you only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out.
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Risk is a part of God's game, alike for men and nations.
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If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.
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The most common cause of low prices is pessimism - some times pervasive, some times specific to a company or industry. We want to do business in such an environment, not because we like pessimism but because we like the prices it produces. It's optimism that is the enemy of the rational buyer.
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Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
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I like thinking big. I always have. To me it’s very simple: if you’re going to be thinking anyway, you might as well think big.
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Basically, when you get to my age, you'll really measure your success in life by how many of the people you want to have love you actually do love you.
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It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.
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In the 20th century, the United States endured two world wars and other traumatic and expensive military conflicts; the Depression; a dozen or so recessions and financial panics; oil shocks; a flu epidemic; and the resignation of a disgraced president. Yet the Dow rose from 66 to 11,497.
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Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it.
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Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction.
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Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.
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Today people who hold cash equivalents feel comfortable. They shouldn't. They have opted for a terrible long-term asset, one that pays virtually nothing and is certain to depreciate in value.
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Beware of geeks bearing formulas.
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A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought.
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We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.
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There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.
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Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.
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The big question about how people behave is whether they've got an Inner Scorecard or an Outer Scorecard. It helps if you can be satisfied with an Inner Scorecard.
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Love is the greatest advantage a parent can give.
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I always knew I was going to be rich. I don't think I ever doubted it for a minute.
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Predicting rain doesn't count. Building arks does.
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Our favorite holding period is forever.
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It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you'll drift in that direction.