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Time Quotes by Warren Buffett

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A quiet room where someone sits and thinks shows how Warren Buffett values time for reflection. He warns that pessimism can drive prices down, while optimism can lift them. He also notes that big decisions happen quickly, and that fear and work shape the future.

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The rich invest in time, the poor invest in money.

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Cash combined with courage in a time of crisis is priceless.

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Investing is laying out money now to get more money back in the future.

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The only time to buy these is on a day with no 'y' in it.

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No matter how great the talent or efforts, some things just take time.

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The value of a business is the cash it's going to produce in the future.

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Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

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Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre.

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All there is to investing is picking good stocks at good times and staying with them as long as they remain good…

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An IPO is like a negotiated transaction - the seller chooses when to come public - and it's unlikely to be a…

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You’ve gotta keep control of your time, and you can’t unless you say no. You can’t let people set your agenda in…

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Only those who will be sellers of equities in the near future should be happy at seeing stocks rise. Prospective purchasers should…

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Equities will do well over time - you just have to avoid getting excited when other people are getting excited.

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If you understood a business perfectly and the future of the business, you need very little in the way of a margin…

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There's nothing inappropriate about having debt in America. It's what helped us grow over time. And it's when debt gets out of…

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Successful Investing takes time, discipline and patience. No matter how great the talent or effort, some things just take time: You can't…

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We want to use cash. The reason we haven't used our cash two years ago, we just didn't find things that were…

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I don't want to hold out false hopes that the - by some magic moment, that things will turn around in a…

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The most common cause of low prices is pessimism - some times pervasive, some times specific to a company or industry. We…

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The gross profits in many workouts appear quite small. It's a little like looking for parking meters with some time left on…

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I mean, Hank Paulson is in there [ Treasury] at the wrong time, probably shouldn't have taken the job. He's a friend…

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The best way in my view is to just buy a low-cost index fund and keep buying it regularly over time, because…

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Our future rates of gain will fall far short of those achieved in the past. Berkshire's capital base is now simply too…

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I don't really think that, as a society, we [americans] want to confer blessings on generation after generation who contribute nothing to…

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I bought my first stock in 1942, in the summer of '42. I was 11 years old. And so 75 years have…

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The idea that you try to time purchases based on what you think business is going to do in the next year…

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I mean, they were getting the mortgage of some guy in Omaha, you know, securitized a couple of times. I mean he…

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For example: (1) As if governed by Newton's First Law of Motion, an institution will resist any change in its current direction;…

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If you understood a business perfectly and the future of the business, you would need very little in the way of a…

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Well, one time some attractive woman sat next to Charlie and asked him what he owed his success to, and, unfortunately, she…

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Focus alone is not enough; putting in the time to commit is also crucial to achieve success.

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Good big decisions do not take time at all, if they do you are in trouble.

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My favorite time frame for holding a stock is forever.

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Forecasts may tell you a great deal about the forecaster; they tell you nothing about the future.

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You need a lot of curiosity for a long, long time.

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We've got all the ingredients for a sensational future.

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I view derivatives as time bombs, both for the parties that deal in them and the economic system.

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I mean, if Pearl Harbor came along, you could have said the planning was wrong by the military ahead of time or…

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We always live in an uncertain world. What is certain is that the United States will go forward over time.

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The future is never clear; you pay a very high price in the stock market for a cheery consensus. Uncertainty actually is…

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