Warren Buffett Quotes, Running Quotes, Should Have Quotes

If we start deciding, based on guesses or emotions, whether we will or won't participate in a business where we should have some long run edge, we're in trouble.

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To win, the first thing you have to do is not lose.

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I don't need 15 houses. Owning real estate doesn't mean much to me. I don't like to think about things like that. I don't need 12 boats, or even the world's largest boat with a crew of 80. I'd have to take care of them, to worry about them. I get a lot more fun out of life without all the bells and whistles.

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Too often, a vast collection of possessions ends up possessing its owner. The asset I most value, aside from health, is interesting, diverse, and long-standing friends.

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We make investment decisions based on our evaluation of the most profitable combination of probabilities.

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Does management resist the institutional imperative?

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I would say it's more important who the treasury secretary is than who the vice president is. If you want to have a debate here, I'd like a debate between potential treasury secretaries than the vice presidential debate.

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Having first rate people on the team is more important than designing hierarchies and clarifying who reports to whom.

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If you knew what was going to happen in the economy, you still wouldn't necessarily know what was going to happen in the stock market.

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You can't buy what is popular and do well.

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We will only do with your money what we would do with our own.

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The only way to be loved is to be loveable, which really irritates me.

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Beware [of] the investment activity that produces applause; the great moves are usually greeted by yawns.

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Buy companies with strong histories of profitability and with a dominant business franchise.

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I've often felt there might be more to be gained by studying business failures than business successes.

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Returns decrease as motion increases.

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I tell college students, when you get to be my age you will be successful if the people who you hope to have love you, do love you.

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Focus alone is not enough; putting in the time to commit is also crucial to achieve success.

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The great personal fortunes in the country weren't built on a portfolio of fifty companies. They were built by someone who identified one wonderful business. With each investment you make, you should have the courage and the conviction to place at least 10% of your net worth in that stock.

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Never be afraid to ask for too much when selling or offer too little when buying.

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