Buffets Quotes

• 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

  Funny, Money, Business

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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

  Inspirational, Success, Money

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• When forced to choose, I will not trade even a night's sleep for the chance of extra profits.

  Warren Buffett

  Life, Sleep, Night

  Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Chairman's Letter, 2008.

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• I buy expensive suits - they just look cheap on me.

  Warren Buffett

  Inspirational, Funny, Sarcastic

  "The view from Omaha: devotees flock to hear world's richest man" by Andrew Clark, www.theguardian.com. May 4, 2008.

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  Do not save what is left after spending, but spend what is left after saving.

  Warren Buffett

  Inspirational, Life, Money

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• It is not necessary to do extraordinary things to get extraordinary results.

  Warren Buffett

  Motivational, Investing, Results

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• A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought.

  Warren Buffett

  Life, War, Generosity

  "7 insightful investing quotes from Warren Buffett", vintagevalueinvesting.com. September 28, 2017.

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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

  Money, Years, Greatest Wealth

  "The Big Lie Exposed: The Future is Not Predictable" by Jeff Schweitzer, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 2, 2009.

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• Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction.

  Warren Buffett

  Mass Destruction, Investing, Weapons

  Warren Buffett (2009). “Warren Buffett on Business: Principles from the Sage of Omaha”, p.78, John Wiley & Sons

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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

  Business, Investing Money, Investment Success

  Warren Buffett (2009). “Warren Buffett on Business: Principles from the Sage of Omaha”, p.118, John Wiley & Sons

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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

  Success, Money, Fear

  Warren Buffett (2009). “Warren Buffett on Business: Principles from the Sage of Omaha”, p.166, John Wiley & Sons

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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

  Investment Success, Enemy, Looks

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• The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective.

  Warren Buffett

  Business, War, School

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• The investor of today does not profit from yesterday's growth.

  Warren Buffett

  War, Past, Investing Money

  "The Security I Like Best". Warren Buffett, The Commercial and Financial Chronicle (December 6, 1951), as quoted in "5 Tips From Warren Buffett Every Investor Should Take to Heart" by Stacy Rapacon, grow.acorns.com. August 24, 2017.

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

  Warren Buffett

  Ignorance, Investing Money, Interesting

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

  Warren Buffett

  Life, Time, Money

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• Nothing sedates rationality like large doses of effortless money.

  Warren Buffett

  Investing Money, Rationality, Effortless

  Warren Buffett (2009). “Warren Buffett on Business: Principles from the Sage of Omaha”, p.163, John Wiley & Sons

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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.

  Warren Buffett

  Wall, Investing Money, People

  "Student to CEO" by Simon Dixon. Ecademy Press, p. 125, 2011.

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• The best thing that happens to us is when a great company gets into temporary trouble...We want to buy them when they're on the operating table.

  Warren Buffett

  Business, Investing Money, Tables

  "Homespun Wisdom from the 'Oracle of Omaha' Businessweek". July 5, 1999.

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• I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business. I read and think. So I do more reading and thinking, and make less impulse decisions than most people in business. I do it because I like this kind of life.

  Warren Buffett

  Success, Business, Reading

  "This Is Warren Buffett's Best Investment Advice" by Chris Winfield, time.com. July 23, 2015.

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• Risk can be greatly reduced by concentrating on only a few holdings.

  Warren Buffett

  Risk, Investing, Concentrating

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• Risk is a part of God's game, alike for men and nations.

  Warren Buffett

  Men, Games, Risk

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• Diversification is protection against ignorance. It makes little sense if you know what you are doing.

  Warren Buffett

  Life, Ignorance, Investing

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• If you've been playing poker for half an hour and you still don't know who the patsy is, you're the patsy.

  Warren Buffett

  Half, Hours, Stills

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• In a bull market, one must avoid the error of the preening duck that quacks boastfully after a torrential rainstorm, thinking that its paddling skills have caused it to rise in the world. A right-thinking duck would instead compare its position after the downpour to that of the other ducks on the pond.

  Warren Buffett

  Thinking, Errors, Skills

  1997 Chairman's Letter, www.berkshirehathaway.com. February 27, 1998.

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