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Warren Buffett
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: August 30
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Warren Edward Buffett
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Benign neglect, bordering on sloth, remains the hallmark of our investment process.
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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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Making money isn't the backbone of our guiding purpose it is the by-product of our guiding purpose.
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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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I would say it's more important who the treasury secretary is than who the vice president is. If you want to have a debate here, I'd like a debate between potential treasury secretaries than the vice presidential debate.
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Valuing a business is part art and part science.
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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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It is impossible to unsign a contract, so do all your thinking before you sign.
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Time is your friend, impulse is your enemy. Take advantage of compound interest and don't be captivated by the siren song of the market.
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If you want to shoot rare, fast-moving elephants, you should always carry a loaded gun.
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Do not save what is left after spending, but spend what is left after saving.
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... the best way to own common stocks is through an index fund.
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If you owe money, you can't pay them out. You just pay for everything, you do smart things, you eventually get very rich.
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In the end, alchemy, whether it is metallurgical or financial, fails. A base business can not be transformed into a golden business by tricks of accounting or capital structure. The man claiming to be a financial alchemist may become rich. But gullible investors rather than business achievements will usually be the source of his wealth.
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... not doing what we love in the name of greed is very poor management of our lives.
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Uncertainty is the friend of the buyer of long term values.
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Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. The person sitting in the shade now should be grateful for the person who planted and tended that tree. That includes all those benefactors of humanity throughout history that created, invented, financed, produced, maintained and improved all that we enjoy today.
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When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact.
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Having first rate people on the team is more important than designing hierarchies and clarifying who reports to whom.
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I asked him what he wanted to do for his career, and he replied that he wanted to go into a particular field, but thought he should work for McKinsey for a few years first to add to his resume. To me that's like saving sex for your old age. It makes no sense.
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