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Warren Buffett
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: August 30
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Warren Edward Buffett
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The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is.
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I always invest in companies an idiot could run, because one day one will.
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A hyperactive stock market is the pickpocket of enterprise.
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Either they're trying to con you or they're trying to con themselves.
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We make investment decisions based on our evaluation of the most profitable combination of probabilities.
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I sent one e-mail in my life. I sent it to Jeff Raikes at Microsoft, and it ended up in court in Minneapolis, so I am one for one.
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Look for 3 things in a person. Intelligence, Energy, & Integrity. If they don't have the last one, don't even bother with the first two.
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Too often, a vast collection of possessions ends up possessing its owner.
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In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.
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Buy companies with strong histories of profitability and with a dominant business franchise.
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I think I could make you fifty percent a year on one million dollars. No, I know I could. I guarantee that.
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You know ... you keep doing the same things and you keep getting the same result over and over again.
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When Berkshire buys common stock, we approach the transaction as if we were buying into a private business.
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I was lucky enough to be born in a time and place where society values my talent, and gave me a good education to develop that talent, and set up the laws and the finanical system to let me do what I love doing-and make a lot of money doing it. The least I can do is help pay for all that.
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A pin lies in wait for every bubble and when the two eventually meet, a new wave of investors learns some very old lessons.
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Accounting consequences do not influence our operating or capital-allocation decisions. When acquisition costs are similar, we much prefer to purchase $2 of earnings that is not reportable by us under standard accounting principles than to purchase $1 of earnings that is reportable.
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We set no volume goals in our insurance business generally-and certainly not in reinsurance-as virtually any volume can be achieved if profitability standards are ignored.
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The future is never clear you pay a very high price in the stock market for a cheery consensus. Uncertainty actually is the friend of the buyer of long-term values.
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People should always know better.
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If you buy the things you don't need, you will soon be selling the things that you need.
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