Guy Spier quotes

From time to time, you have seminal personalities who really change the way the world sees itself - people like Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela. Warren Buffett is that kind of person in the business world. (Guy Spier)
For most people, attaining the intellectual clarity and emotional detachment that investing requires is tough. View quote
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I learned to see myself and my role as a capitalist... as somebody who's trying to harness, for myself and for society, the power of greed and the power of the will to acquire into something that makes the world a better place. That's the version of capitalism that we want. View quote
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When Warren Buffett says the sun shines out of somebody's backside, it's worth paying attention. View quote
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The trend of the market is up, not down. Shorting stocks puts you against that trend and thus makes it more difficult to make money. View quote
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We think we control our environment, but in fact, it's our environment that controls us. We can't change the world. The only thing we can change is ourselves, by trying to get a better understanding of our own messed-up wiring. View quote
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