Warren Buffett Quotes
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It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
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We will reject interesting opportunities rather than over-leverage our balance sheet.
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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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The investor of today does not profit from yesterday's growth.
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Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre.
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The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes.
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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.
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When you combine ignorance and leverage, you get some pretty interesting results.
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Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.
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I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for five years.
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I buy expensive suits. They just look cheap on me.
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We don't get paid for activity, just for being right. As to how long we'll wait, we'll wait indefinitely.
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We're going to move a lot of crude (oil) in this country, and we have to learn how to do it very safely. 'Buffett: Moving Oil By Rail Safely Is A Major Industry Concern' Investing.com (24 April 2014)
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There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it.
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You have no ability, if you're a financial institution and you're threatened with criminal prosecution, you have no ability to negotiate.
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Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.
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In a bull market, one must avoid the error of the preening duck that quacks boastfully after a torrential rainstorm, thinking that its paddling skills have caused it to rise in the world. A right-thinking duck would instead compare its position after the downpour to that of the other ducks on the pond.
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The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves - and the better the teacher, the better the student body.
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I don't look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over.
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Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Mae West said, 'Too much of a good thing can be wonderful'.
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I bought a company in the mid-'90s called Dexter Shoe and paid $400 million for it. And it went to zero. And I gave about $400 million worth of Berkshire stock, which is probably now worth $400 billion. But I've made lots of dumb decisions. That's part of the game.
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The only time to buy these is on a day with no 'y' in it.
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The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective.
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Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote.