Warren Buffett Quotes

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• Opportunities come infrequently. When it rains gold, put out the bucket, not the thimble
• If you aren't willing to own a stock for ten years, don't even think about owning it for ten minutes. Put together a portfolio of…
• I've seen more people fail because of liquor and leverage -- leverage being borrowed money. You really don't need leverage in this world much. If…
• Always invest for the long term.
• We have long felt that the only value of stock forecasters is to make fortune-tellers look good.
• Buy a business, don't rent stocks.
• Whether we’re talking about socks or stocks, I like buying quality merchandise when it is marked down.
• A prediction about the direction of the stock market tells you nothing about where stocks are headed, but a whole lot about the person doing…
• I really like my life. I've arranged my life so that I can do what I want.
• If you don't feel comfortable owning something for 10 years, then don't own it for 10 minutes.
• A very rich person should leave his kids enough to do anything, but not enough to do nothing.
• Most people get interested in stocks when everyone else is. The time to get interested is when no one else is. You can't buy what…
• It’s class warfare; my class is winning, but they shouldn’t be.
• By periodically investing in an index fund, the know-nothing investors can actually outperform most investment professionals.
• Stop trying to predict the direction of the stock market, the economy or elections.
• Investors making purchases in an overheated market need to recognize that it may often take an extended period for the value of even an outstanding…
• The best business returns are usually achieved by companies that are doing something quite similar today to what they were doing five or ten years…
• Investing is laying out money now to get more money back in the future.
• Never count on making a good sale. Have the purchase price be so attractive that even a mediocre sale gives good results.
• The stock market is a no-called-strike game. You don’t have to swing at everything – you can wait for your pitch.

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