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Financier Inspirational Quotes (5528)

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You get in a lot of trouble when you start putting fictitious numbers.
Warren Buffett
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Confidence in markets and in institutions, it's a lot like oxygen. When you have it, you don't even think about it. It's indispensable. You can go years without thinking about it. When it's gone for five minutes, it's the only thing to think about.
Warren Buffett
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It's good to learn from your mistakes. It's better to learn from other people's mistakes.
Warren Buffett
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Confidence is key. You're not going to put your money - you're not going to leave your money with me unless you're confident I'm going to give it back to you.
Warren Buffett
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I mean, you can explain the fact that these are depressed prices, you know. We think these assets are going to be worth a lot more. And I think that case can be made in certain situations. But I think to just say, you know, we're going to say a dollar of cash is worth $2 all of a sudden, it isn't worth $2. It's worth a dollar today.
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So if you are evaluating others (or yourself!) in the investment field, think out some standards - apply them - interpret them.
Warren Buffett
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We do not have, nor have had, and never will have an opinion about where the stock market, interest rates, or business activity will be a year from now.
Warren Buffett
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I certainly do believe anyone engaged in the management of money should have a standard of measurement, and that both he and the party whose money is managed should have a clear understanding why it is the appropriate standard, what time period should be utilized, etc.
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It's a nightmare to administer some of this sort of thing, but I want to tell the shareholders of Berkshire, to the percent we own marketable securities or things for which there are market, even if those markets - I want to tell them what it's all about.
Warren Buffett
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We've actually been pretty good on exports. I mean we are exporting 12% of our GDP now roughly.
Warren Buffett
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Asset values and earning power are the dominant factors affecting the valuation of a controlling interest in a business. Market price, which governs valuation of minority interest positions, is of little or no importance in valuing a controlling interest.
Warren Buffett
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The rest of the world really likes our stuff pretty well. It's just we buy so damn much of what they produce.
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The greater the potential for reward in the value portfolio, the less risk there is.
Warren Buffett
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Uncertainty is the friend of the buyer of long term values.
Warren Buffett
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In the great majority of cases we simply do not know enough about the industry or company to come to sensible judgments-in that situation we pass.
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Inflation could be a very - is a likely consequence out of what's going on now.
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One’s objective should be to get it right, get it quick, get it out and get it over. Your problem won’t improve with age.
Warren Buffett
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If you understood a business perfectly and the future of the business, you need very little in the way of a margin of safety.
Warren Buffett
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I think the biggest thing we need is to unclog the credit markets, and we may need another stimulus - if we do, it's - it should go to the lower and middle-income people.
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When we really sit back with a smile on our face is when we run into a situation we can understand, where the facts are ascertainable and clear, and the course of action obvious.
Warren Buffett
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The most dangerous distractions are the ones you love, but that don’t love you back.
Warren Buffett
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I mean the truth is, I've never had it so good in terms of taxes. I am paying the lowest tax rate that I've ever paid in my life.
Warren Buffett
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Success in investing doesn’t correlate with I.Q. Once you are above the level of 25 once you have ordinary intelligence, what you need is the temperament to control the urges that get other people into trouble in investing.
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I think the rest of the country should be paying less, the 95 percent that [Barack] Obama talks about or maybe even a little higher than that.
Warren Buffett
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