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We have long felt that the only value of stock forecasters is to make fortune-tellers look good.

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The best investment you can make is in yourself.

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Good big decisions do not take time at all, if they do you are in trouble.

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Our policy is to concentrate holdings. We try to avoid buying a little of this or that when we are only lukewarm about the business or its price. When we are convinced as to attractiveness, we believe in buying worthwhile amounts.

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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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Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote.

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Is management candid with the shareholders?

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We like to buy businesses, but we don't like to sell them.

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

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It's never paid to bet against America. We come through things, but its not always a smooth ride.

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Whether we’re talking about socks or stocks, I like buying quality merchandise when it is marked down.

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You have to be able to communicate in life and probably schools underemphasize that. If you can't talk to people or write, you're giving up your potential.

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It's nice to have a lot of money, but you know, you don't want to keep it around forever. I prefer buying things. Otherwise, it's a little like saving sex for your old age.

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In the 20th century, the United States endured two world wars and other traumatic and expensive military conflicts; the Depression; a dozen or so recessions and financial panics; oil shocks; a flu epidemic; and the resignation of a disgraced president. Yet the Dow rose from 66 to 11,497.

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

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An argument is made that there are just too many question marks about the near future; wouldn't it be better to wait until things clear up a bit? You know the prose: "Maintain buying reserves until current uncertainties are resolved," etc. Before reaching for that crutch, face up to two unpleasant facts: The future is never clear and you pay a very high price for a cheery consensus. Uncertainty actually is the friend of the buyer of long-term values.

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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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In other words, the percentage change in book value in any given year is likely to be reasonably close to that year's change in intrinsic value.

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I like to go for cinches. I like to shoot fish in a barrel. But I like to do it after the water has run out.

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Read Ben Graham and Phil Fisher read annual reports, but don't do equations with Greek letters in them.

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