Warren Buffett Quotes, Giving Quotes, Weight Quotes

In one way, I'm sympathetic to the institutional reluctance to face the music. I'd give a lot to mark my weight to 'model' rather than to 'market.'

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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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I think confidence will come back.

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Charlie [Munger] and I are not big fans of resumes. Instead, we focus on brains, passion and integrity.

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Fear is the foe of the faddist, but the friend of the fundamentalist.

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If you own a wonderful business...the best thing to do is keep it. All you're going to do is trade your wonderful business for a whole bunch of cash, which isn't as good as the business, and you got the problem of investing in other businesses, and you probably paid a tax in between. So my advice to anybody who owns a wonderful business is keep it.

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If you don't know the Jewelry, know the Jeweller

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Be fearful when the markets get greedy, be greedy when the markets get fearful.

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Be brave when others are afraid, and afraid when others are brave.

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We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.

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We don't get paid for being busy, we get paid for being right.

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It's a big mistake to try and mislead people. They will turn around.

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Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Mae West said, 'Too much of a good thing can be wonderful'.

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Other guys read Playboy. I read annual reports.

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A CEO's behavior has a huge impact on managers down the line.

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... the best way to own common stocks is through an index fund.

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If the world couldn't see your results, would you rather be thought of as the world's greatest investor but in reality have the world's worst record? Or be thought of as the world's worst investor when you were actually the best?

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Ben's Mr. Market allegory may seem out-of-date in today's investment world, in which most professionals and academicians talk of efficient markets, dynamic hedging and betas. Their interest in such matters is understandable, since techniques shrouded in mystery clearly have value to the purveyor of investment advice. After all, what witch doctor has ever achieved fame and fortune by simply advising 'Take two aspirins'?

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We don't get paid for activity, just for being right. As to how long we'll wait, we'll wait indefinitely.

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The dumbest reason in the world to buy a stock is because it's going up.

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