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I have no use whatsoever for projections or forecasts. They create an illusion of apparent precision. The more meticulous they are, the more concerned you should be. We never look at projections, but we care very much about, and look very deeply at, track records. If a company has a lousy track record, but a very bright future, we will miss the opportunity.

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Our stay-put behavior reflects our view that the stock market serves as a relocation center at which money is moved from the active to the patient.

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If you were at Lehman, the same thing happened. If you were at AIG, the shareholders are getting creamed on these things. And those shareholders are not just a bunch of big shots in Wall Street. Those are pension funds, and those are investors all over the country. I wouldn't worry too much about that. Justice won't be perfect on it.

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In business, I look for economic castles protected by unbreachable 'moats'.

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Writing a check separates a commitment from a conversation.

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The [stock] market,like the Lord, helps those who help themselves. But, unlike the Lord, the market does not forgive those who know not what they do.

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Most people get interested in stocks when everyone else is. The time to get interested is when no one else is. You can't buy what is popular and do well.

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If you are a professional and have confidence, then I would advocate lots of concentration.

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All but a few of the organizations do not specifically promise to deliver superior investment performance although it is perhaps not unreasonable for the public to draw such an inference from their advertised emphasis on professional management.

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The most important thing in terms of your circle of competence is not how large the area of it is, but how well you've defined the perimeter.

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That goes back to 1932, although it was really implemented in '33 under Jesse Jones, and it invested in mostly banks initially and preferred stock and that sort of thing. So there are two things needed in the system, the one that's needed overwhelmingly is liquidity. I mean, when people are trying to [unintelligible], there has to be somebody there to buy.

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... it's important to have the right monetary policy. It's important for, to have the right fiscal policy. But it's nowhere near as important as just the normal regenerative capacity of American capitalism.

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My favorite time frame for holding a stock is forever.

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You can be sure that over the next 10 years, you'll see something that you did not think was possible.

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We've got a wonderful economic formula in this country.

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Americans are in a cycle of fear which leads to people not wanting to spend and not wanting to make investments, and that leads to more fear. We'll break out of it. It takes time.

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The idea that you try to time purchases based on what you think business is going to do in the next year or two, I think that's the greatest mistake that investors make because it's always uncertain. People say it's a time of uncertainty. It was uncertain on September 10th, 2001, people just didn't know it. It's uncertain every single day. So take uncertainty as part of being involved in investment at all. But uncertainty can be your friend. I mean, when people are scared, they pay less for things. We try to price. We don't try to time at all.

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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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It is not necessary to do extraordinary things to get extraordinary results.

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We will reject interesting opportunities rather than over-leverage our balance sheet.

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