Warren Buffett Quotes, Philosophy Quotes, Loss Quotes

I would rather sustain the penalties resulting from over-conservatism than face the consequences of error, perhaps with permanent capital loss, resulting from the adoption of "New Era" philosophy where trees really do grow to the sky.

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Of the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks before they had money, they are simply jerks with a billion dollars.

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In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.

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Everybody's got a different circle of competence. The important thing is not how big the circle is. The important thing is staying inside the circle.

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Very successful people say no to almost everything.

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What the human being is best at doing is interpreting all new information so that their prior conclusions remain intact.

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Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. The person sitting in the shade now should be grateful for the person who planted and tended that tree. That includes all those benefactors of humanity throughout history that created, invented, financed, produced, maintained and improved all that we enjoy today.

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You do things when the opportunities come along. I've had periods in my life when I've had a bundle of ideas come along, and I've had long dry spells. If I get an idea next week, I'll do something. If not, I won't do a damn thing.

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We're still in a recession. We're not gonna be out of it for a while, but we will get out.

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Well, I think the biggest mistake is not learning the habits of saving properly early. Because saving is a habit. And then, trying to get rich quick. It's pretty easy to get well-to-do slowly. But it's not easy to get rich quick.

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The most important quality for an investor is temperament, not intellect. You need a temperament that neither derives great pleasure from being with the crowd or against the crowd.

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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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My father was the best person i've ever known.

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Do not save what is left after spending, but spend what is left after saving.

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Well, it may be all right in practice, but it will never work in theory

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Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.

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A market downturn, doesn't bother us. For us and our long term investors, it is an opportunity to increase our ownership of great companies with great management at good prices. Only for short term investors and market timers is a correction not an opportunity.

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If you own the only newspaper in town, up until the last five years or so, you have pricing power and you didn't have to go to the office.

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What we learn from history is that people don't learn from history.

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[People] have seen the credit market seize up. They're worried about money market funds, although the latest proposition from government should take care of that. They've seen eight percent of the bank deposits in the United States get moved very skillfully, I might say, within the last couple of weeks from institutions that they thought were fine a few months ago to other institutions. They are not wrong to be worried.

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