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World Quotes by Warren Buffett

38 World quotes by Warren Buffett

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A toll bridge built long ago stays valuable as money loses power, illustrating the benefit of owning solid assets. The quotes also stress that buying stocks just because they rise is foolish, and that smart investors can succeed without borrowing large sums.

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Whatever you like to do, make it a hobby and whatever the world likes to do, make it a business.

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In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.

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The dumbest reason in the world to buy a stock is because it's going up.

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The thing to do is to keep your mind when the world around you is losing theirs.

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To be successful, you should concentrate on the world of companies, not arcane accounting mathematics.

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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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If AIG had tried to unwind their derivatives books. I don't know. It would have hit every institution in the world.

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The rest of the world really likes our stuff pretty well. It's just we buy so damn much of what they produce.

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People who watch their weight, golf scores, and fuel bills seem to shun quantitative evaluation of their investment management skills although it…

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We've used up a lot of bullets. And we talk about stimulus. But the truth is, we're running a federal deficit that's…

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If you gave me $100 billion and said take away the soft drink leadership of Coca-Cola in the world, I'd give it…

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In an inflationary world, a toll bridge (like company) would be a great thing to own because you've laid out the capital…

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I make no effort to predict the course of general business or the stock market. Period. However, currently there are practices snowballing…

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For some reason, people take their cues from price action rather than from values. What doesn't work is when you start doing…

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I've seen more people fail because of liquor and leverage -- leverage being borrowed money. You really don't need leverage in this…

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In some corner of the world they are probably still holding regular meetings of the Flat Earth Society. We derive no comfort…

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I think it's been, you know, kind of like a tragic play to this point. But at this point, I think it's…

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Investing is the greatest business in the world because you never have to swing. You stand at the plate; the pitcher throws…

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None of this means, however, that a business or stock is an intelligent purchase simply because it is unpopular; a contrarian approach…

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This country is going - be living better ten years from now than it is now. It will be living better in…

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We have to live with the rest of the world. And it's a mistake, in my view. Trade has generally developed in…

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That's been lost. It's a huge problem. What you have is you have the major institutions of the world all wanting to…

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Somebody's buying these treasury bills at 1/20th of one percent. Consuming about $2 billion a day of goods and services beyond what…

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In the 20th century, the United States endured two world wars and other traumatic and expensive military conflicts; the Depression; a dozen…

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That would be nice if [people] stuck [treasury bills] all under a mattress, but they got to buy something with them. Sometimes…

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Things you like to do should be a hobby of yours, but things the world does should be a business of yours.

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The one piece of advice I can give you is, do what turns you on. Do something that if you had all…

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A lot of great fortunes in the world have been made by owning a single wonderful business. If you understand the business,…

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You really don't need leverage in this world much. If you're smart, you're going to make a lot of money without borrowing.…

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AIG would be doing fine today. It was one of the ten largest companies in the United States in terms of market…

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I'm the luckiest guy in the world in terms of what I do for a living. No one can tell me to…

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Many stock options in the corporate world have worked in exactly that fashion: they have gained in value simply because management retained…

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It will be good for us in the long run, and I mean there are, you know, six and a half billion…

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If the world couldn't see your results, would you rather be thought of as the world's greatest investor but in reality have…

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Would you rather be the world's greatest lover, but have everyone think you're the world's worst lover? Or would you rather be…

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I don't need 15 houses. Owning real estate doesn't mean much to me. I don't like to think about things like that.…

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In a bull market, one must avoid the error of the preening duck that quacks boastfully after a torrential rainstorm, thinking that…

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Ben's Mr. Market allegory may seem out-of-date in today's investment world, in which most professionals and academicians talk of efficient markets, dynamic…

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