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First come the innovators, then come the imitators, then come the idiots.

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

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Growth and value investing are joined at the hip.

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The Stock Market is designed to transfer money from the Active to the Patient.

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While I live I will never resort to irredeemable paper.

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Enjoy your work and work for whom you admire.

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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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Does the business have a consistent operating history?

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Investors making purchases in an overheated market need to recognize that it may often take an extended period for the value of even an outstanding company to catch up with the price they paid.

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

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

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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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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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When investing, pessimism is your friend, euphoria the enemy.

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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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As far as you are concerned, the stock market does not exist. Ignore it.

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You know ... you keep doing the same things and you keep getting the same result over and over again.

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A prediction about the direction of the stock market tells you nothing about where stocks are headed, but a whole lot about the person doing the predicting.

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In a commodity business, it's very hard to be smarter than your dumbest competitor.

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