Saturday, December 20, 2008

* Warren Buffet Quote


Public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought.
Warren Buffett
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Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to
be broken.
Warren Buffett
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I always knew I was going to be rich. I don't think I ever doubted it for
a minute.
Warren Buffett
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I am quite serious when I say that I do not believe there are, on the
whole earth besides, so many intensified bores as in these United
States. No man can form an adequate idea of the real meaning of the
word, without coming here.
Warren Buffett
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I buy expensive suits. They just look cheap on me.
Warren Buffett
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I don't look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars
that I can step over.
Warren Buffett
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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
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If a business does well, the stock eventually follows.
Warren Buffett
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If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people
would be librarians.
Warren Buffett
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In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the
windshield.
Warren Buffett
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It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it.
If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
Warren Buffett
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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
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It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair
company at a wonderful price.
Warren Buffett
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Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote.
Warren Buffett
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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
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Of the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic
traits in them. If they were jerks before they had money, they are
simply jerks with a billion dollars.
Warren Buffett
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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
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Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked.
Warren Buffett
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Our favorite holding period is forever.
Warren Buffett
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Our favourite holding period is forever.
Warren Buffett
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Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.
Warren Buffett
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Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.
Warren Buffett
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Risk is a part of God's game, alike for men and nations.
Warren Buffett
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Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.
Warren Buffett
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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
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The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than
simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective.
Warren Buffett
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The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the
first rule.
Warren Buffett
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The investor of today does not profit from yesterday's growth.
Warren Buffett
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The only time to buy these is on a day with no "y" in it.
Warren Buffett
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The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a
degree, people read the press to inform themselves-and the better the
teacher, the better the student body.
Warren Buffett
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There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to
make easy things difficult.
Warren Buffett
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Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the
mediocre.
Warren Buffett
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Value is what you get.
Warren Buffett
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We believe that according the name 'investors' to institutions that
trade actively is like calling someone who repeatedly engages in one-
night stands a 'romantic.'
Warren Buffett
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We enjoy the process far more than the proceeds.
Warren Buffett
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We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be
greedy only when others are fearful.
Warren Buffett
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When a management team with a reputation for brilliance tackles a
business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of
the business that remains intact.
Warren Buffett
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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.
Warren Buffett
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Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Mae
West said, "Too much of a good thing can be wonderful".
Warren Buffett
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Wide diversification is only required when investors do not understand
what they are doing.
Warren Buffett
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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.
Warren Buffett
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You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as
you don't do too many things wrong.
Warren Buffett
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Your premium brand had better be delivering something special, or it's
not going to get the business.
Warren Buffett
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“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to
ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.”
Warren Buffett quote

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“In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer
than the windshield.”
Warren Buffett quote
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“Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.”
Warren Buffett quote
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“Wide diversification is only required when investors do not
understand what they are doing.”
Warren Buffett quote
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