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It is better to point out your own mistakes than have somebody else do it.

Warren Buffett

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Warren Buffett
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: August 30
Entrepreneur
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Omaha
Nebraska
Warren Edward 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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I don't try and guess when to get in and out of the market. I have owned stocks consistently since 1942. I owned the - I was buying stocks the day before the election. I was buying the same stocks the day after election. And if Hillary had been elected, it would have been the same thing.
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If at first you do succeed, quit trying on investing.
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There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.
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The most important investment you can make is in yourself... nobody can tax it or take it away from you.
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A CEO's behavior has a huge impact on managers down the line.
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We continue to make more money when snoring than when active.
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The speed at which a business success is recognized, furthermore, is not that important as long as the company's intrinsic value is increasing at a satisfactory rate. In fact, delayed recognition can be an advantage: It may give us the chance to buy more of a good thing at a bargain price.
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I like to buy things I can understand. I do a lot of research on things.
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You shouldn't own common stocks if a 50 per cent decrease in their value in a short period of time would cause you acute distress.
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Credit worthiness is like virginity, it can be preserved but not restored very easily, so it is crazy to play around with it.
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If you are not willing to own a stock for 10 years, do not even think about owning it for 10 minutes.
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There are three kinds of people: 1. Innovators. 2. Imitators. 3. Idiots.
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You do things when the opportunities come along. I've had periods in my life when I've had a bundle of ideas come along, and I've had long dry spells. If I get an idea next week, I'll do something. If not, I won't do a damn thing.
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People always should know better. People don't get - they don't get smarter about things that get as basic as greed.
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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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Today people who hold cash equivalents feel comfortable. They shouldn't. They have opted for a terrible long-term asset, one that pays virtually nothing and is certain to depreciate in value.
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Only buy something that you'd be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for 10 years.
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