Warren Buffett Quotes, Thinking Quotes, Years Quotes

I look for businesses in which I think I can predict what they're going to look like in ten to fifteen years time. Take Wrigley's chewing gum. I don't think the internet is going to change how people chew gum.

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It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.

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Making money isn't the backbone of our guiding purpose; making money is the by-product of our guiding purpose. If you're doing something you love, you're more likely to put your all into it, and that generally equates to making money

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That's the reality of what they're going to sell them to the Treasury for.

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A low-cost index fund is the most sensible equity investment for the great majority of investors. My mentor, Ben Graham, took this position many years ago, and everything I have seen since convinces me of its truth.

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You ought to be able to explain why you’re taking the job you’re taking, why you’re making the investment you’re making, or whatever it may be. And if it can’t stand applying pencil to paper, you’d better think it through some more. And if you can’t write an intelligent answer to those questions, don’t do it.

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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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If I got any good ideas out of that or I think they're good ideas, I'll be glad to contribute them but the system will probably overdo some other things.

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Other guys read Playboy. I read annual reports.

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The financial calculus that Charlie and I employ would never permit our trading a good night's sleep for a shot at a few extra percentage points of return. I've never believed in risking what my friends and family have and need in order to pursue what they don't have and don't need.

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The commission of the investment sins listed above is not limited to 'the little guy.' Huge institutional investors, viewed as a group, have long underperformed the unsophisticated index-fund investor who simply sits tight for decades. A major reason has been fees: Many institutions pay substantial sums to consultants who, in turn, recommend high-fee managers. And that is a fool's game.

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I never try to predict the market.

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... not doing what we love in the name of greed is very poor management of our lives.

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We have embraced the 21st century by entering such cutting-edge industries as brick, carpet, insulation and paint. Try to control your excitement.

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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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If the reason for doing something is that everyone else is doing it, it's not a good enough reason.

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There is nothing like writing to force you to think and get your thoughts straight.

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I have a wonderful family. I have a job that I love and wonderful people who help me with it. It can't get any better than that.

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It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.

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If you cannot control your emotions, you cannot control your money.

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