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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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Beware of geeks bearing formulas.

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When we own portions of outstanding businesses with outstanding managements, our favorite holding period is forever.

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The secret to happiness is having low expectations.

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Whatever you like to do, make it a hobby and whatever the world likes to do, make it a business.

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If you want to soar like an eagle in life, you can't be flocking with the turkeys.

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The fundamental basis of above-average performance in the long run is sustainable competitive advantage.

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The advice "you never go broke taking a profit" is foolish.

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We have to live with the rest of the world. And it's a mistake, in my view. Trade has generally developed in this country. We actually export 12 or 13 percent of our GDP. It was only 5 percent in 1970. But it benefits us. It benefits the rest of the world. It doesn't benefit the steelworker maybe in Ohio. And that's the problem that has to be addressed, because when you have something that's good for society, but terribly harmful for given individuals, we have got to make sure those individuals are taken care of.

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The best education you can get is investing in yourself, and that doesn't mean college or university.

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We're paying maybe 25 percent of the income tax, but the payroll tax is over a third of the receipts of the federal government. And they don't take that from me on capital gains. They don't take that from me on dividends.

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We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.

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Is management rational?

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Too often, executive compensation in the U.S. is ridiculously out of line with performance. That won't change, moreover, because the deck is stacked against investors when it comes to the CEO's pay.

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I look for businesses in which I think I can predict what they're going to look like in ten to fifteen years time. Take Wrigley's chewing gum. I don't think the internet is going to change how people chew gum.

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It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.

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If you lose money for the firm, I will be forgiving. If you lose reputation, I will be ruthless.

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You pay a very high price in the stock market for a cheery consensus.

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Investors should remember that excitement and expenses are their enemies.

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Successful Investing takes time, discipline and patience. No matter how great the talent or effort, some things just take time: You can't produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant.

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