Buffets Quotes - Page 4

• For some reason people take their cues from price action rather than from values. Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.

  Warren Buffett

  People, Pay, Action

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• Cash never makes us happy, but it's better to have the money burning a hole in Berkshire's pocket than resting comfortably in someone else's.

  Warren Buffett

  Pockets, Burning, Investing

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• Nothing's dangerous if you know what you're doing.

  Johnny Unitas

  Nfl, Dangerous, Sad Feeling

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• I could end the deficit in 5 minutes. You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP all sitting members of congress are ineligible for reelection.

  Warren Buffett

  Law, Gdp, Sitting

  "Warren Buffett's 5-Minute Plan to Fix the Deficit" by Alex Crippen, www.cnbc.com. July 7, 2011.

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• Buy into a company because you want to own it, not because you want the stock to go up.

  Warren Buffett

  Investing Money, Want, Company

  "Warren Buffett - In 1974". Forbes Article, www.forbes.com. April 30, 2008.

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• Risk comes from not knowing what you are doing so wide diversification is only required when investors are ignorant. You only have to do a very few things in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.

  Warren Buffett

  Knowing, Long, Risk

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• An investor needs to do very few things right as long as he or she avoids big mistakes.

  Warren Buffett

  Mistake, Long, Needs

  "3 Insights on The Future from Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger" by Taylor Pearson, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 19, 2016.

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• Investors should remember that excitement and expenses are their enemies. And if they insist on trying to time their participation in equities, they should try to be fearful when others are greedy and greedy only when others are fearful.

  Warren Buffett

  Business, Investing Money, Enemy

  Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Chairman's Letter, www.berkshirehathaway.com. 2004.

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• It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you'll drift in that direction.

  Warren Buffett

  Funny, Money, Business

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• Only buy something that you'd be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for 10 years.

  Warren Buffett

  Inspirational, Success, Money

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• I think you are out of your mind if you keep taking jobs that you don't like because you think it will look good on your resume. Isn't that a little like saving up sex for your old age?

  Warren Buffett

  Life, Jobs, Sex

  Buffett Lecture at the University of Florida School of Business, tilsonfunds.com. October 15, 1998.

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• The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule.

  Warren Buffett

  Business, Loss, Investing

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• I buy expensive suits - they just look cheap on me.

  Warren Buffett

  Inspirational, Funny, Sarcastic

  "The view from Omaha: devotees flock to hear world's richest man" by Andrew Clark, www.theguardian.com. May 4, 2008.

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• When forced to choose, I will not trade even a night's sleep for the chance of extra profits.

  Warren Buffett

  Life, Sleep, Night

  Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Chairman's Letter, 2008.

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• The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective.

  Warren Buffett

  Business, War, School

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• Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it.

  Warren Buffett

  Investment Success, Enemy, Looks

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• The investor of today does not profit from yesterday's growth.

  Warren Buffett

  War, Past, Investing Money

  "The Security I Like Best". Warren Buffett, The Commercial and Financial Chronicle (December 6, 1951), as quoted in "5 Tips From Warren Buffett Every Investor Should Take to Heart" by Stacy Rapacon, grow.acorns.com. August 24, 2017.

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

  Warren Buffett

  Motivational, Investing, Results

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• Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre.

  Warren Buffett

  Life, Time, Money

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• A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought.

  Warren Buffett

  Life, War, Generosity

  "7 insightful investing quotes from Warren Buffett", vintagevalueinvesting.com. September 28, 2017.

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• I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for five years.

  Warren Buffett

  Money, Years, Greatest Wealth

  "The Big Lie Exposed: The Future is Not Predictable" by Jeff Schweitzer, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 2, 2009.

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• Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction.

  Warren Buffett

  Mass Destruction, Investing, Weapons

  Warren Buffett (2009). “Warren Buffett on Business: Principles from the Sage of Omaha”, p.78, John Wiley & Sons

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• Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.

  Warren Buffett

  Business, Investing Money, Investment Success

  Warren Buffett (2009). “Warren Buffett on Business: Principles from the Sage of Omaha”, p.118, John Wiley & Sons

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• The best thing that happens to us is when a great company gets into temporary trouble...We want to buy them when they're on the operating table.

  Warren Buffett

  Business, Investing Money, Tables

  "Homespun Wisdom from the 'Oracle of Omaha' Businessweek". July 5, 1999.

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• I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business. I read and think. So I do more reading and thinking, and make less impulse decisions than most people in business. I do it because I like this kind of life.

  Warren Buffett

  Success, Business, Reading

  "This Is Warren Buffett's Best Investment Advice" by Chris Winfield, time.com. July 23, 2015.

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