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There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.

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You will be right, over the course of many transactions, if your hypotheses are correct, your facts are correct, and your reasoning is correct. True conservatism is only possible through knowledge and reason.

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The typical large company has a compensation committee, They don't look for Dobermans on that committee, they look for chihuahuas.

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I know the country works extremely well. You know, but when it isn't clogged up.

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Charlie and I decided long ago that in an investment lifetime, it's too hard to make hundreds of smart decisions. That judgment became ever more compelling as Berkshire's capital mushroomed and the universe of investments that could significantly affect our results shrank dramatically. Therefore, we adopted a strategy that required our being smart and not too smart at that, only a very few times. Indeed, we now settle for one good idea a year.

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Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

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

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

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Intrinsic value can be defined simply: It is the discounted value of the cash that can be taken out of a business during its remaining life. The calculation of intrinsic value, though, is not so simple. As our definition suggests, intrinsic value is an estimate rather than a precise figure, and it is additionally an estimate that must be changed if interest rates move or forecasts of future cash flows are revised.

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Basically, the single-most important decision in evaluating a business is pricing power.

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The plan itself is opportunism. There is no plan before that.

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There's no use running if you're on the wrong road.

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Diversification may preserve wealth, but concentration builds wealth.

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AIG would be doing fine today. It was one of the ten largest companies in the United States in terms of market value, over 200 billion, the most respected insurer and everything in the world.

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Today people who hold cash equivalents feel comfortable. They shouldn't. They have opted for a terrible long-term asset, one that pays virtually nothing and is certain to depreciate in value.

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Look for companies with high profit margins.

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Larger sums may be an advantage at some cases and a disadvantage at others.

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I don't have my diploma from the University of Nebraska hanging on my office wall, and I don't have my diploma from Columbia up there either-but I do have my Dale Carnegie graduation certificate proudly displayed.

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Charlie and I have a number of filters that things have to get through before we'll think about them.

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I think I could make you fifty percent a year on one million dollars. No, I know I could. I guarantee that.

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