Warren Buffett Quotes About Waiting

Quotes about: Waiting

• A pin lies in wait for every bubble. And when the two eventually meet, a new wave of investors learns some very old lessons: First, many in Wall Street (a community in which quality control is not prized) will sell investors anything they will buy. Second, speculation is most dangerous when it looks easiest.

  Warren Buffett

  Wall, Lying, Knowledge

  Chairman's Letter, www.berkshirehathaway.com. February 28, 2001.

• We don't get paid for activity, just for being right. As to how long we'll wait, we'll wait indefinitely.

  Warren Buffett

  Long, Waiting, Insightful

  "Wait: The Art and Science of Delay". Book by Frank Partnoy, 2012.

• We try to exert a Ted Williams kind of discipline. In his book The Science of Hitting, Ted explains that he carved the strike zone into 77 cells, each the size of a baseball. Swinging only at balls in his "best" cell, he knew, would allow him to bat .400; reaching for balls in his "worst" spot, the low outside corner of the strike zone, would reduce him to .230. In other words, waiting for the fat pitch would mean a trip to the Hall of Fame; swinging indiscriminately would mean a ticket to the minors.

  Warren Buffett

  Baseball, Book, Mean

• A pin lies in wait for every bubble and when the two eventually meet, a new wave of investors learns some very old lessons.

  Warren Buffett

  Lying, Two, Waiting

  Richard J. Connors, Warren Buffett (2010). “Warren Buffett on Business: Principles from the Sage of Omaha”, p.157, John Wiley & Sons

• 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.

  Warren Buffett

  Two, Long, Waiting

• The stock market is a no-called-strike game. You don’t have to swing at everything – you can wait for your pitch.

  Warren Buffett

  Swings, Games, Waiting

  "25 Pages of the Best Value Investing Quotes". www.valuewalk.com. December 20, 2011.

• All day you wait for the pitch you like; then when the fielders are asleep, you step up and hit it.

  Warren Buffett

  Waiting, Steps, Step Up

  Interview in "Forbes" Magazine, November 1, 1974.

• 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.

  Warren Buffett

  Opportunity, Swings, Waiting

  Forbes magazine Interview, November 01, 1974.

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