Crowds Quote by Benjamin Graham

The intelligent investor is a realist who sells to optimists and buys from pessimists.

— Benjamin Graham

It is only by understanding the emotion of others that an investor has a chance to produce superior results.

— John Templeton

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

— Benjamin Graham

The most important quality for an investor is temperament, not intellect. You need a temperament that neither derives great pleasure from being with the…

— Warren Buffett

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

— Warren Buffett

As investors, we want to believe we are smart, insightful and uniquely talented - even though we often fail to do the heavy lifting,…

— Barry Ritholtz

Investors should start with a view of skepticism. They should become intellectual investors rather than emotional investors. They should be careful, and they should…

— Anonymous

“A successful investor is generally a well-rounded individual who puts a natural curiosity and an intellectual interest to work.”

— Burton G. Malkiel

But successful investors tend to be not too self-destructive. They tend to be patient, they tend not to follow the crowd, and they tend…

— Andrew Tobias

The genuine investor in common stocks does not need a great equipment of brain and knowledge, but he does need some unusual qualities of…

— Benjamin Graham

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

— Kirsten Green

Intelligent investment is more a matter of mental approach than it is of technique. A sound mental approach toward stock fluctuations is the touchstone…

— Benjamin Graham