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You are neither right nor wrong because the crowd disagrees with you.

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... but the important thing is that when you do find one where you really do know what you are doing, you must buy in quantity.... Charlie and I have made a dozen or so very big decisions relative to net worth, although not as big as they should have been. And in each of those, we've known that we were almost certain to be right going in.

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You're neither right nor wrong because other people agree with you. You're right because your facts are right and your reasoning is right - that's the only thing that makes you right. And if your facts and reasoning are right, you don't have to worry about anybody else.

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I'm just lucky to have been in the right place at the right time. Another place, another time, I wouldn't have been as successful. Society enabled me to make my money and my money should go to society.

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In an inflationary world, a toll bridge (like company) would be a great thing to own because you've laid out the capital costs. You built it in old dollars and you don't have to keep replacing it.

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My friends and I have been coddled long enough by a billionaire-friendly Congress.

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When bills come due, only cash is legal tender. Don't leave home without it.

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

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The important thing is to keep playing, to play against weak opponents and to play for big stakes.

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It is better to point out your own mistakes than have somebody else do it.

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Emotional makeup is more important than technical skill

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An investor should act as though he had a lifetime decision card with just twenty punches on it.

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Investing is the greatest business in the world because you never have to swing. You stand at the plate; the pitcher throws you General Motors at 47! U.S. Steel at 39! And nobody calls a strike on you. There's no penalty except opportunity. All day you wait for the pitch you like; then, when the fielders are asleep, you step up and hit it.

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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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If horses had controlled investment decisions, there would have been no auto industry.

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We would do best in a market where everyone acted foolishly.

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We only want to link up with people whom we like, admire, and trust. ... We do not wish to join with managers who lack admirable qualities, no matter how attractive the prospects of their business. We've never succeeded in making a good deal with a bad person.

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Is management rational?

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During inflation, Goodwill is the gift that keeps on giving.

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The speed at which a business success is recognized, furthermore, is not that important as long as the company's intrinsic value is increasing at a satisfactory rate. In fact, delayed recognition can be an advantage: It may give us the chance to buy more of a good thing at a bargain price.

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