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Values 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…
- The less prudence with which others conduct their affairs, the greater the prudence with which we should conduct our own affairs.
- We don't get paid for activity, just for being right. As to how long we'll wait, we'll wait indefinitely.
- 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…
- An argument is made that there are just too many question marks about the near future; wouldn't it be better to wait until things clear…
- The most common cause of low prices is pessimism - sometimes pervasive, sometimes specific to a company or industry. We want to do business in…
- In economics, you always want to ask 'And then what?'
- 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…
- For some reason, people take their cues from price action rather than from values. What doesn't work is when you start doing things that you…
- The critical investment factor is determining the intrinsic value of a business and paying a fair or bargain price.
- Uncertainty is the friend of the buyer of long term values.
- 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.
More Values Quotes
- The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
- 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
- If Republicans are aiming for the heart, for compassion, the last thing they should do is abandon the sanctity of life. Instead,… — Gary Bauer
- There is reason to suspect, that the distinctions of mankind have more show than value, when it is found that all agree… — Samuel Johnson
- Let us never lose sight of the fact that education is a preparation for life - and that preparing for life is… — Ezra Taft Benson
- [Our goal] is to help revive America's traditional values: faith, family, neighborhood, work and freedom. Government has no business enforcing these values… — Ronald Reagan
- But human beings fall easily into despair, and from the very beginning we invented stories that enabled us to place our lives… — Karen Armstrong
- A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value. — Isaac Asimov