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My rather puritanical view is that any investment manager, whether operating as broker, investment counselor of a trust department, investment company, etc., should be willing to state unequivocally what he is going to attempt to accomplish and how he proposes to measure the extent to which he gets the job done.

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Intensity is the price of excellence.

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I make no effort to predict the course of general business or the stock market. Period. However, currently there are practices snowballing in the security markets and business world which, while devoid of short term predictive value, bother me as to possible long term consequences.

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He must never forget Charlie's plea: Tell me where I'm going to die, so I'll never go there.

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Ben's Mr. Market allegory may seem out-of-date in today's investment world, in which most professionals and academicians talk of efficient markets, dynamic hedging and betas. Their interest in such matters is understandable, since techniques shrouded in mystery clearly have value to the purveyor of investment advice. After all, what witch doctor has ever achieved fame and fortune by simply advising 'Take two aspirins'?

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The only time to buy these is on a day with no 'y' in it.

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Never test the depth of river with both the feet.

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I’ve never believed in risking what my family and friends have and need in order to pursue what they don’t have and don’t need.

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That which is not worth doing at all is not worth doing well.

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

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In our view, derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction carrying dangers that, while latent, are potentially lethal.

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I mean, if Pearl Harbor came along, you could have said the planning was wrong by the military ahead of time or maybe the battleships shouldn't have all been in the harbor and all that kind of thing.

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I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business.

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I put heavy weight on certainty. It's not risky to buy securities at a fraction of what they're worth.

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There is no substitute for a local newspaper that is doing its job.

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I think you are out of your mind if you keep taking jobs that you don't like because you think it will look good on your resume. Isn't that a little like saving up sex for your old age?

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An investor should act as though he had a lifetime decision card with just twenty punches on it.

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If we have a strength, it is in recognizing when we are operating well within our circle of competence and when we are approaching the perimeter.

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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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Wide diversification is only required when investors do not understand what they are doing.

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