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In fact, in my adult lifetime, I don't think I've ever seen people as fearful economically as they are right now.

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[Gold] gets dug out of the ground in Africa, or someplace. Then we melt it down, dig another hole, bury it again and pay people to stand around guarding it. It has no utility. Anyone watching from Mars would be scratching their head.

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The ability to say no is a tremendous advantage for an investor.

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There is seldom just one cockroach in the kitchen. You know, you turn on the light and, all of sudden, they all start scurrying around.

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Diversification may preserve wealth, but concentration builds wealth.

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Market prices for stocks fluctuate at great amplitudes around intrinsic value but, over the long term, intrinsic value is virtually always reflected at some point in market price.

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The smartest side to take in a bidding war is the losing side.

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There's not many businesses where someone can come in and offer to cut the price in half and somebody doesn't think about shifting. But that's the nature of the ratings business.

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Look for companies with high profit margins.

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This country is going - be living better ten years from now than it is now. It will be living better in 20 years from now than ten years from now. The ingredients that made this country, you know, the miracle of the world - I mean we had a seven for one improvement in the average American standard of living in the 20th century.

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I'll take the deal, whatever you want to do.

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I mean [Franklin Delano] Roosevelt didn't - you know, when he came in, he didn't print any money.

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I would rather sustain the penalties resulting from over-conservatism than face the consequences of error, perhaps with permanent capital loss, resulting from the adoption of "New Era" philosophy where trees really do grow to the sky.

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Managers and investors alike must understand that accounting numbers are the beginning, not the end, of business valuation.

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A very rich person should leave his kids enough to do anything, but not enough to do nothing.

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Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote.

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The one piece of advice I can give you is, do what turns you on. Do something that if you had all the money in the world, you’d still be doing it. You’ve got to have a reason to jump out of bed in the morning.

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Of our 49 billion, we haven't moved any to Bitcoin

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This economy doesn't work well without the lubrication of credit and trust.

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Larger sums may be an advantage at some cases and a disadvantage at others.

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