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- I believe in the discipline of mastering the best that other people have ever figured out. I don't believe in just sitting down and trying…
- It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very…
- We're emphasizing the knowable by predicting how certain people and companies will swim against the current. We're not predicting the fluctuation in the current.
- I constantly see people rise in life who are not the smartest -- sometimes not even the most diligent. But they are learning machines; they…
- A lot of people think if you just had more process and more compliance -- checks and doublechecks and so forth -- you could create…
- The world of derivatives is full of holes that very few people are really aware of. It's like hydrogen and oxygen sitting on the corner…
- People have always had this craving to have someone tell them the future. Long ago, kings would hire people to read sheep guts. There's always…
- Spend each day trying to be a little wiser than you were when you woke up. Day by day, and at the end of the…
- In my whole life, I have known no wise people (over a broad subject matter area) who didn't read all the time - none, zero.…
- I like people admitting they were complete stupid horses' asses. I know I'll perform better if I rub my nose in my mistakes. This is…
- To me, it's obvious that the winner has to bet very selectively. It's been obvious to me since very early in life. I don't know…
- The game of investing is one of making better predictions about the future than other people. How are you going to do that? One way…
- Three rules for a career: 1) Don’t sell anything you wouldn’t buy yourself; 2) Don’t work for anyone you don’t respect and admire; and 3)…
- I think gold is a great thing to sew onto your garments if you're a Jewish family in Vienna in 1939, but civilized people don't…
- Some people seem to think there's no trouble just because it hasn't happened yet. If you jump out the window at the 42nd floor and…
- People calculate too much and think too little.
- You have to have a temperament to grab ideas and do sensible things. Most people don’t grab the right ideas or don’t know what to…
- Bull markets go to people's heads. If you're a duck on a pond, and it's rising due to a downpour, you start going up in…
- I'm not entitled to have an opinion unless I can state the arguments against my position better than the people who are in opposition. I…
- Intelligent people make decisions based on opportunity costs.
- I find it quite useful to think of a free-market economy - or partly free market economy - as sort of the equivalent of an…
- I try to get rid of people who always confidently answer questions about which they don't have any real knowledge.
- You must know the big ideas in the big disciplines, and use them routinely - all of them, not just a few. Most people are…
- I regard the amount of brainpower going into money management as a national scandal. When some idiot would get rich, they'd say, 'Well, old Charlie…
- It’s waiting that helps you as an investor, and a lot of people just can’t stand to wait. If you didn’t get the deferred-gratification gene,…
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- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle