Buying Quote by Walter Schloss

Value investing by its very nature is contrarian.

— Seth Klarman

Value investing is at its core the marriage of a contrarian streak and a calculator.

— Seth Klarman

By investing at a discount, Benjamin Graham knew that he was unlikely to experience losses.

— Seth Klarman

Sometimes I have to pause to make the distinction between Ben the teenager and Ben the businessman.

— Ben Casnocha

“You might notice I refer to my son Ben as Ben Young all the time. Larry (Johnson) always called his son Ben Johnson. I…

— Neil Young

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 Market allegory may seem out-of-date in today's investment world, in which most professionals and academicians talk of efficient markets, dynamic hedging and…

— Warren Buffett

Values are not trendy items that are casually traded in.

— Ellen Goodman

Adam Smith was aware of the way that economic interests could have a distorting and destructive effect both on the market and on politics.

— Allen W. Wood

Successful contrarian investing requires us to live with discomfort, for being "wrong" and alone. But bargains do not exist in the absence of fear.

— Robert D. Arnott

Value investing is risk aversion.

— Seth Klarman

Ben was a very simple straightforward man with a brilliant quick mind.

— Walter Schloss

But, surprise - none of these blockbuster events made the slightest dent in Ben Graham's investment principles. Nor did they render unsound the negotiated…

— Warren Buffett