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Value Quotes by Warren Buffett
- Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.
- Today people who hold cash equivalents feel comfortable. They shouldn't. They have opted for a terrible long-term asset, one that pays virtually nothing and is…
- Too often, a vast collection of possessions ends up possessing its owner. The asset I most value, aside from health, is interesting, diverse, and long-standing…
- In our view, though, investment students need only two well-taught courses-How to Value a Business, and How to Think about Market Prices. Your goal as…
- Intrinsic value can be defined simply: It is the discounted value of the cash that can be taken out of a business during its remaining…
- Investors should remember that their scorecard is not computed using Olympic-diving methods: Degree-of-difficulty doesn't count. If you are right about a business whole value is…
- 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…
- We have long felt that the only value of stock forecasters is to make fortune-tellers look good.
- 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 critical investment factor is determining the intrinsic value of a business and paying a fair or bargain price.
- Intrinsic value can be defined simply: It is the discounted value of the cash that can be taken out of a business during its remaining…
- In other words, the percentage change in book value in any given year is likely to be reasonably close to that year's change in intrinsic…
- You shouldn't own common stocks if a 50 per cent decrease in their value in a short period of time would cause you acute distress.
- The major asset in this category is gold, currently a huge favorite of investors who fear almost all other assets, especially paper money (of whose…
- Growth and value investing are joined at the hip.
- The speed at which a business success is recognized, furthermore, is not that important as long as the company's intrinsic value is increasing at a…
- Many stock options in the corporate world have worked in exactly that fashion: they have gained in value simply because management retained earnings, not because…
- Calculate "owner earnings" to get a true reflection of value.
- 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 Market allegory may seem out-of-date in today's investment world, in which most professionals and academicians talk of efficient markets, dynamic hedging and betas.…
- Investment students need only two well-taught courses - How to Value a Business and How to Think About Market Prices
- We've long felt that the only value of stock forecasters is to make fortune tellers look good. Even now, Charlie and I continue to believe…
- To invest successfully, you need not understand beta, efficient markets, modern portfolio theory, option pricing or emerging markets. You may, in fact, be better off…
- Value is what you get.
More Value Quotes
- The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
- But human beings fall easily into despair, and from the very beginning we invented stories that enabled us to place our lives… — Karen Armstrong
- Real knowledge, like everything else of value, is not to be obtained easily. It must be worked for, studied for, thought for,… — Thomas Arnold
- The extravagant expenditure of public money is an evil not to be measured by the value of that money to the people… — Chester A. Arthur
- A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value. — Isaac Asimov
- That which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which recommended it… — Mary Astell
- You can only get really unpopular decisions through if the electorate is convinced of the value of the environment. That's what natural… — David Attenborough
- I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets… — Marcus Aurelius
- What value is there in faith without works? And what are they worth if they are not united to the merits of… — Teresa of Avila
- Never respect men merely for their riches, but rather for their philanthropy; we do not value the sun for its height, but… — Gamaliel Bailey
- I'm happy that I have brought laughter because I have been shown by many the value of it in so many lives,… — Lucille Ball
- Passion is what adds so much value to life. And if you think about the things that you do, there's so much… — Mario Batali