Investor Quotes · Page 2

The historical data support one conclusion with unusual force: To invest with success, you must be a long-term investor.

— John C. Bogle

I figured maybe I had some talent as an investor… since it seemed like I was only a half-assed entrepreneur.

— Dave McClure

I was an investor doing well and decided to be an entrepreneur.

— Lynn Jurich

Graham's wonderful sentence as, an investor needs only two things: cash and courage. Having only one of them is not enough.

— Seth Klarman

“First-time fund is acceptable, but not a first-time investor.”

— Mahendra Ramsinghani

In the long term, improving investor confidence is a marathon, not a sprint.

— John Gavin

The investor's primary interest lies in acquiring and holding suitable securities at suitable prices.

— Benjamin Graham

For the taxable investor, indexing means never having to say you're sorry.

— William J. Bernstein

Consumer groups fought hard to provide investor protections for 'special entities' such as pension funds, schools, and municipalities who purchase swaps. No…

— Daniel L. Doctoroff

The man I respect the most in the business - and he's in the hedge fund business - is probably Stan Druckenmiller.…

— Julian Robertson

When you're an investor, you can look at the quantitative and qualitative elements of an investment, but there's a third aspect: What…

— Kevin O'Leary

An investor will succeed by coupling good business judgment with an ability to insulate his thoughts and behavior from the super-contagious emotions…

— Warren Buffett

While it might seem that anyone can be a value investor, the essential characteristics of this type of investor-patience, discipline, and risk…

— Seth Klarman

The starting point of my career in money management in 1973-74 was the time of the only true bear market any living…

— Paul Singer

I can't tell you the number of people who pitched something and have no idea whom they are pitching it to. They…

— Brad Feld

In 2008, people who invested in hedge funds needed capital badly, but many of the funds would not return their money. However,…

— Carl Icahn

Rip Van Winkle would be the ideal stock market investor: Rip could invest in the market before his nap and when he…

— Richard Thaler

A decade ago, I really did believe that the average investor could do it himself. I was wrong. I've come to the…

— William J. Bernstein

Ask yourself: Am I an investor, or am I a speculator? An investor is a person who owns business and holds it…

— John C. Bogle

Smart tech investor thinks about: a) future product roadmap, b) bottoms-up market size & growth, c) talent and skill of team. Essentially…

— Marc Andreessen

What I'm trying to say is that for the average investor, what I would encourage them to do is to understand that…

— Ray Dalio

The key to investment success is emotional discipline. Making money has nothing to do with intelligence. To be a successful investor, you…

— Victor Sperandeo

There are two kinds of investors, be they large or small: those who don't know where the market is headed and those…

— William J. Bernstein

There are no bad business and investment opportunities, but there are bad entrepreneurs and investors. To be a successful business owner and…

— Robert Kiyosaki

The investor's chief problem - and even his worst enemy - is likely to be himself.

— Benjamin Graham

To be a good investor, you have to think differently from others.

— Kirsten Green

The intelligent investor is likely to need considerable will power to keep from following the crowd.

— Benjamin Graham

I'm a passive investor. There are people who are very aggressive; they try to buy companies.

— Walter Schloss

An intelligent investor gets satisfaction from the thought that his operations are exactly opposite to those of the crowd.

— Benjamin Graham

An investor calculates what a stock is worth, based on the value of its businesses.

— Benjamin Graham

Your job as a smart investor is to separate the facts and the news from the fiction and the noise.

— Chamath Palihapitiya

To be an investor you must be a believer in a better tomorrow.

— Benjamin Graham

You say: "I'm a blue sky thinker." Investor thinks: "You have no business model, and you don't know how to ship."

— Guy Kawasaki

To be a value investor, you have to be willing [and able] to suffer pain.

— Jean-Marie Eveillard

It is the duty of the long-term investor to endure great losses with equanimity.

— John Maynard Keynes

I like putting my money into things like food and shelter. I'm probably a bad example of an investor.

— Simon Baker

An active investor is someone who actually lives off their investments as opposed to wages from a job.

— Robert Kiyosaki

If you are going to be a great investor, you have to fit the style to who you are.

— Michael Burry

I am probably the biggest equity investor in the history of modern Russia.

— Alexander Lebedev

... a speculator is one who runs risks of which he is aware and an investor is one who runs risks of…

— John Maynard Keynes