“People will always stop you doing the right thing if it’s unconventional.” — Guy Spier Doing the right thing Copy Share Image
When Warren Buffett says the sun shines out of somebody's backside, it's worth paying attention. — Guy Spier Attention Copy Share Image
The trend of the market is up, not down. Shorting stocks puts you against that trend and thus makes it more difficult… — Guy Spier Copy Share Image
For most people, attaining the intellectual clarity and emotional detachment that investing requires is tough. — Guy Spier Attaining Copy Share Image
Warren Buffett has shown you can be very, very successful without being rapacious, while still being honest, without engaging in constant legal… — Guy Spier Battles Copy Share Image
The entire pursuit of value investing requires you to see where the crowd is wrong so that you can profit from their… — Guy Spier Copy Share Image
“our environment is much stronger than our intellect. Remarkably few investors—either amateur or professional—truly understand this critical point.” — Guy Spier Customer Copy Share Image
“when your consciousness or mental attitude shifts, remarkable things begin to happen. That shift is the ultimate business tool and life tool.” — Guy Spier Business Copy Share Image
We can’t change the world. The only thing we can change is ourselves, by trying to get a better understanding of our… — Guy Spier Can't change Copy Share Image
One has to divide Warren Buffet into different periods. There is a continuously evolving style of Warren Buffett. — Guy Spier Buffet Copy Share Image
Take any person, put them in the wrong environment, and they can get off to some pretty bad things. Warren Buffett has… — Guy Spier Copy Share Image
Over the time that I followed Warren Buffett, one CFO told me, it's very important to pay attention not only to what… — Guy Spier Copy Share Image
We think we control our environment, but in fact, it's our environment that controls us. We can't change the world. The only… — Guy Spier Copy Share Image
I learned to see myself and my role as a capitalist... as somebody who's trying to harness, for myself and for society,… — Guy Spier Copy Share Image
From time to time, you have seminal personalities who really change the way the world sees itself - people like Gandhi, Martin… — Guy Spier Copy Share Image
I do not use short selling. The fund has not shorted a stock since the 2002 to 2003 time frame. At that… — Guy Spier Copy Share Image
“My simple rule was that, whenever I met someone, I would try to do something for them. It might simply be an… — Guy Spier Copy Share Image
But I think it’s important to discuss just how easy it is for any of us to get caught up in things… — Guy Spier Copy Share Image
