--- title: "3 Dozen Quotes By Seth Klarman" description: "3 Dozen quotes by Seth Klarman. Plus more from Seth Klarman and more Dozen sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5eb/seth-klarman-1979_bargains_one-thing-i-want-to-emphasize-is-that-li_463135.jpg" --- > [One thing I want to emphasize is that, like any human being, we can discuss our view of the economy and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-klarman/one-thing-i-want-to-emphasize-is-that-like-any-human-being-we-can/) [Seth Klarman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-klarman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5eb/seth-klarman-1979_bargains_one-thing-i-want-to-emphasize-is-that-li_463135.jpg) > [Speculators are obsessed with predicting: guessing the direction of stock prices. Every morning on cable television, every afternoon on the stock market…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-klarman/speculators-are-obsessed-with-predicting-guessing-the-direction-of/) [Seth Klarman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-klarman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c24/seth-klarman-1979_afternoon_speculators-are-obsessed-with-predicting_1611689.png) > [Literally draw a detailed map-like an organization chart-of interlocking ownership and affiliates, many of which were also publicly traded. So, identifying one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-klarman/literally-draw-a-detailed-map-like-an-organization-chart-of/) [Seth Klarman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-klarman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bf/seth-klarman-1979_customer_literally-draw-a-detailed-map-like-an-or_1928526.png) ## Other authors on Dozen ## More by Seth Klarman > [Unlike return, however, risk is no more quantifiable at the end of an investment that it was at its beginning. Risk simply cannot be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-klarman/unlike-return-however-risk-is-no-more-quantifiable-at-the-end-of-an/) [Seth Klarman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-klarman/) > [Because investors are not usually penalized for adhering to conventional practices, doing so is the less professionally risky strategy, even though it virtually guarantees…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-klarman/because-investors-are-not-usually-penalized-for-adhering-to/) [Seth Klarman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-klarman/) > [Value investing is risk aversion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-klarman/value-investing-is-risk-aversion/) [Seth Klarman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-klarman/) > [Be focused on process and not outcome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-klarman/be-focused-on-process-and-not-outcome/) [Seth Klarman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-klarman/) > [There is an old saying, "How did you go bankrupt?" And the answer is, "Gradually, and then suddenly." The impending fiscal crisis in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-klarman/there-is-an-old-saying-how-did-you-go-bankrupt-and-the-answer-is/) [Seth Klarman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-klarman/) > [In a rising market, everyone makes money and a value philosophy is unnecessary. But because there is no certain way to predict what the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-klarman/in-a-rising-market-everyone-makes-money-and-a-value-philosophy-is/) [Seth Klarman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-klarman/) > [Ultimately, nothing should be more important to investors than the ability to sleep soundly at night.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-klarman/ultimately-nothing-should-be-more-important-to-investors-than-the/) [Seth Klarman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-klarman/) > [The best protection against risk is knowing what you are doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-klarman/the-best-protection-against-risk-is-knowing-what-you-are-doing/) [Seth Klarman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-klarman/) > [Warren Buffett once wrote that value investing is like an inoculation--it either takes or it doesn't--and when you explain to somebody what it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-klarman/warren-buffett-once-wrote-that-value-investing-is-like-an-inoculation/) [Seth Klarman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-klarman/) > [It is important to remember that value investing is not a perfect science. It is an, with an ongoing need for judgment, refinement, patience,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-klarman/it-is-important-to-remember-that-value-investing-is-not-a-perfect/) [Seth Klarman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-klarman/) > [Value investing is at its core the marriage of a contrarian streak and a calculator.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-klarman/value-investing-is-at-its-core-the-marriage-of-a-contrarian-streak/) [Seth Klarman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-klarman/) > [The avoidance of loss is the surest way to ensure a profitable outcome.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-klarman/the-avoidance-of-loss-is-the-surest-way-to-ensure-a-profitable-outcome/) [Seth Klarman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-klarman/) > [Do not suffer interim losses, relish and appreciate them](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-klarman/do-not-suffer-interim-losses-relish-and-appreciate-them/) [Seth Klarman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-klarman/) > [Ratings agencies are highly conflicted, unimaginative dupes. They are blissfully unaware of adverse selection and moral hazard. Investors should never trust them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-klarman/ratings-agencies-are-highly-conflicted-unimaginative-dupes-they-are/) [Seth Klarman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-klarman/) > [It is crucial to have a strategy in place before problems hit, precisely because no one can accurately predict the future direction of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-klarman/it-is-crucial-to-have-a-strategy-in-place-before-problems-hit/) [Seth Klarman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-klarman/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dozen/seth-klarman/#itemlist", "name": "3 Dozen Quotes By Seth Klarman", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "One thing I want to emphasize is that, like any human being, we can discuss our view of the economy and the market. 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