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I always knew I was going to be rich. I don't think I ever doubted it for a minute.

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The active investors will have their returns diminished by a far greater percentage than will their inactive brethren. That means that the passive group - the "know-nothings" - must win.

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Bull markets and Bear markets can obscure mathematical laws, they cannot repeal them.

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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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Like I say, I don't think it'll be done perfectly. Maybe we'll end up with a little bit better [economy] system.

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If you understood a business perfectly and the future of the business, you need very little in the way of a margin of safety.

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We believe that according the name 'investors' to institutions that trade actively is like calling someone who repeatedly engages in one-night stands a 'romantic.'

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I don't want to be on the other side of the table from the customer. I was never selling anything that I didn't believe in myself or use myself.

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It’s not that I want money. It’s the fun of making money and watching it grow.

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I think you should read everything you can. In my case, by the age of 10, I'd read every book in the Omaha public library about investing, some twice. You need to fill your mind with various competing thoughts and decide which make sense.

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The investor of today does not profit from yesterday's growth.

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You should look at stocks as small pieces of business.

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If you expect to be a net saver during the next 5 years, should you hope for a higher or lower stock market during that period? Many investors get this one wrong. Even though they are going to be net buyers of stocks for many years to come, they are elated when stock prices rise and depressed when they fall. This reaction makes no sense. Only those who will be sellers of equities in the near future should be happy at seeing stocks rise. Prospective purchasers should much prefer sinking prices.

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In the great majority of cases we simply do not know enough about the industry or company to come to sensible judgments-in that situation we pass.

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What motivates most gold purchasers is their belief that the ranks of the fearful will grow ... As 'bandwagon' investors join any party, they create their own truth - for a while.

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Investment must be rational; if you can't understand it, don't do it.

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We always live in an uncertain world. What is certain is that the United States will go forward over time.

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The market system rewards me outlandishly for what I do, but that doesn't mean I'm any more deserving of a good life than a teacher or a doctor or someone who fights in Afghanistan.

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If, when making a stock investment, you're not considering holding it at least ten years, don't waste more than ten minutes considering it.

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Take Wrigley's Chewing Gum. I don't think the Internet is going to change how people chew gum.

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