Warren Buffett Quotes

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Warren Buffett

Profession : Businessman

Birth : August 30, 1930

I don't look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over.

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I always knew I was going to be rich. I don't think I ever doubted it for a minute.

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We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.

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Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway.

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In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.

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Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre.

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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.

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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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You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.

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There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.

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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.

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Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it.

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Wide diversification is only required when investors do not understand what they are doing.

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When you combine ignorance and leverage, you get some pretty interesting results.

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We enjoy the process far more than the proceeds.

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Your premium brand had better be delivering something special, or it's not going to get the business.

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In the 20th century, the United States endured two world wars and other traumatic and expensive military conflicts; the Depression; a dozen or so recessions and financial panics; oil shocks; a flu epidemic; and the resignation of a disgraced president. Yet the Dow rose from 66 to 11,497.

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Beware of geeks bearing formulas.

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It's never paid to bet against America. We come through things, but its not always a smooth ride.

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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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