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

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We do not view the company itself as the ultimate owner of our business assets but instead view the company as a conduit through which our shareholders own assets.

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The advice "you never go broke taking a profit" is foolish.

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Don't worry about what anybody else is going to do. The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

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Only those who will be sellers of equities in the near future should be happy at seeing stocks rise. Prospective purchasers should much prefer sinking prices.

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

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We're coming off a quarter here that was in-line with our expectations, but much lower at WPZ due to Geismar's extended outage and a continued heavy capital investing period all as was expected.

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The ability to say no is a tremendous advantage for an investor.

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We can guarantee cash benefits as far out and at whatever size you like, but we cannot guarantee their purchasing power.

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Is management rational?

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We continue to make more money when snoring than when active.

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One of the ironies of the stock market is the emphasis on activity. Brokers, using terms such as 'marketability' and 'liquidity,' sing the praises of companies with high share turnover... but investors should understand that what is good for the croupier is not good for the customer. A hyperactive stock market is the pick pocket of enterprise.

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The ideal business is one that earns very high returns on capital and that keeps using lots of capital at those high returns. That becomes a compounding machine.

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Turnarounds seldom turn.

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Stop trying to predict the direction of the stock market, the economy or elections.

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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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For some reason, people take their cues from price action rather than from values. What doesn't work is when you start doing things that you don't understand or because they worked last week for somebody else. The dumbest reason in the world to buy a stock is because it's going up.

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