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When Berkshire buys common stock, we approach the transaction as if we were buying into a private business.

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Look for companies with high profit margins.

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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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If you don't feel comfortable owning something for 10 years, then don't own it for 10 minutes.

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Investing is forgoing consumption now in order to have the ability to consume more at a later date.

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If you know how to value businesses, it's crazy to own 50 stocks or 40 stocks or 30 stocks, probably because there aren't that many wonderful businesses understandable to a single human being in all likelihood. To forego buying more of some super-wonderful business and instead put your money into #30 or #35 on your list of attractiveness just strikes Charlie and me as madness.

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Forecasts may tell you a great deal about the forecaster; they tell you nothing about the future.

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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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I guess I should warn you, if I turn out to be particularly clear, you've probably misunderstood what I've said.

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Investing requires qualities of temperament way more than it requires qualities of intellect.

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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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While I live I will never resort to irredeemable paper.

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

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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 expect to continue to purchase stocks throughout your life, you should welcome price declines as a way to add stocks more cheaply to your portfolio.

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It will be years - not in my time - before a woman will become Prime Minister

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Traditional wisdom is long on tradition and short on wisdom.

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Risk can be greatly reduced by concentrating on only a few holdings.

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Always invest for the long term.

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