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We make investment decisions based on our evaluation of the most profitable combination of probabilities.

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Be fearful when the markets get greedy, be greedy when the markets get fearful.

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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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We intend to continue our practice of working only with people whom we like and admire. This policy not only maximizes our chances for good results, it also ensures us an extraordinarily good time.

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Anything can happen anytime in markets. And no advisor, economist, or TV commentator-and definitely not Charlie nor I-can tell you when chaos will occur. Market forecasters will fill your ear but will never fill your wallet.

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The greater the potential for reward in the value portfolio, the less risk there is.

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A lot of people disagree with me on this, I believe in mark to market.

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Can you know you can have institutions that put curbs on that in various ways, and actually what the banks, you know, they have various capital ratios and that sort of thing, but the banks got around them, I mean, they set up sieves and that sort of thing just to get more leverage. People love leverage when it's working. I mean, it's so easy to borrow money from a guy at X and put it out at X.

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What motivates most gold purchasers is their belief that the ranks of the fearful will grow. During the past decade that belief has proved correct. Beyond that, the rising price has on its own generated additional buying enthusiasm, attracting purchasers who see the rise as validating an investment thesis. As 'bandwagon' investors join any party, they create their own truth - for a while.

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The truth is that I've got all my net worth safely in Berkshire and I will never sell a share so there is no one more concerned about what happens after my death than I am.

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In the great majority of cases we simply do not know enough about the industry or company to come to sensible judgments-in that situation we pass.

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In other words, the percentage change in book value in any given year is likely to be reasonably close to that year's change in intrinsic value.

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Always invest for the long term.

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Failing conventionally is the route to go; as a group, lemmings may have a rotten image, but no individual lemming has ever received bad press

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In business, I look for economic castles protected by unbreachable 'moats'.

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OUR leaders have asked for “shared sacrifice.” But when they did the asking, they spared me. I checked with my mega-rich friends to learn what pain they were expecting. They, too, were left untouched.

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Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction.

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We don't read other people's opinions. We want to get the facts, and then think.

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There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.

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Investors should remember that excitement and expenses are their enemies.

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