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Accounting consequences do not influence our operating or capital-allocation decisions. When acquisition costs are similar, we much prefer to purchase $2 of earnings that is not reportable by us under standard accounting principles than to purchase $1 of earnings that is reportable.

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Cash combined with courage in a time of crisis is priceless.

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Buy companies with strong histories of profitability and with a dominant business franchise.

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Is management candid with the shareholders?

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Much success can be attributed to inactivity. Most investors cannot resist the temptation to constantly buy and sell.

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Turnarounds seldom turn.

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You want to know a sure way to lose money? Buy what's popular and don't know what you are investing in.

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Never count on making a good sale. Have the purchase price be so attractive that even a mediocre sale gives good results.

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If you can eliminate the government as a 39.6% partner, then you will be much better off.

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Long ago, Ben Graham taught me that "Price is what you pay; value is what you get." Whether we're talking about socks or stocks, I like buying quality merchandise when it is marked down.

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The key to investing is not assessing how much an industry is going to affect society, or how much it will grow, but rather determining the competitive advantage of any given company and, above all, the durability of that advantage.

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Calculate "owner earnings" to get a true reflection of value.

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If you own a wonderful business...the best thing to do is keep it. All you're going to do is trade your wonderful business for a whole bunch of cash, which isn't as good as the business, and you got the problem of investing in other businesses, and you probably paid a tax in between. So my advice to anybody who owns a wonderful business is keep it.

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We really can say no in 10 seconds or so to 90%+ of all the things that come along simply because we have these filters.

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In economics, you always want to ask 'And then what?'

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The less prudence with which others conduct their affairs, the greater the prudence with which we should conduct our own affairs.

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Look for companies with high profit margins.

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An investor should ordinarily hold a small piece of an outstanding business with the same tenacity that an owner would exhibit if he owned all of that business.

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I don't measure my life by the money I've made. Other people might, but certainly don't.

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It is not necessary to do extraordinary things to get extraordinary results.

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