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I am not a businessman, I am an artist. (Warren Buffett)
Confidence comes back one at a time, but fear, is instantaneous. With an interview with Tae Kim, CNBC, 12 Sept 2018. View quote
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What counts for most people in investing is not how much they know, but rather how realistically they define what they don't know. View quote
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We're going to move a lot of crude (oil) in this country, and we have to learn how to do it very safely. View quote
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Never bet against the United States of America. View quote
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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. View quote
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I would say the most satisfying thing actually is watching my three children each pick up on their own interests and work many more hours per week than most people that have jobs at trying to intelligently give away that money in fields that they particularly care about. View quote
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I bought a company in the mid-'90s called Dexter Shoe and paid $400 million for it. And it went to zero. And I gave about $400 million worth of Berkshire stock, which is probably now worth $400 billion. But I've made lots of dumb decisions. That's part of the game. View quote
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Value is what you get. View quote
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The approach and strategies are very similar in that you gather all the information you can and then keep adding to that base of information as things develop. You do whatever the probabilities indicated based on the knowledge that you have at that time, but you are always willing to modify your behaviour or your approach as you get new information. In bridge, you behave in a way that gets the best from your partner. And in business, you behave in the way that gets the best from your managers and your employees. View quote
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The worst sort of business is one that grows rapidly, requires significant capital to engender the growth, and then earns little or no money. Think airlines. Here a durable competitive advantage has proven elusive ever since the days of the Wright Brothers. Indeed, if a farsighted capitalist had been present at Kitty Hawk, he would have done his successors a huge favor by shooting Orville down. (Warren Buffett)
You don't need to have extraordinary effort to achieve extraordinary results. You just need to do the ordinary, everyday things exceptionally well. View quote
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Do not save what is left after spending, but spend what is left after saving. View quote
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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. View quote
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The trick is, when there is nothing to do, do nothing. View quote
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It's good to learn from your mistakes. It's better to learn from other people's mistakes. View quote
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We don't get paid for being busy, we get paid for being right. View quote
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Never do anything in life if you would be ashamed of seeing it printed on the front page of your hometown newspaper for your friends and family to see. View quote
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Only when you combine sound intellect with emotional discipline do you get rational behavior. View quote
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It's not that I want money. It's the fun of making money and watching it grow. View quote
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Focus alone is not enough; putting in the time to commit is also crucial to achieve success. (Warren Buffett)
Don't risk what is important to you, to get what is not important to you. View quote
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The stock market is a wonderfully efficient mechanism for transferring wealth from the impatient to the patient. View quote
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Emotional makeup is more important than technical skill. View quote
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We don't read other people's opinions. We want to get the facts, and then think. View quote
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