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While I live I will never resort to irredeemable paper.

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When Berkshire buys common stock, we approach the transaction as if we were buying into a private business.

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Anything can happen anytime in markets. And no advisor, economist, or TV commentator-and definitely not Charlie nor I-can tell you when chaos will occur. Market forecasters will fill your ear but will never fill your wallet.

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Inactivity strikes us as intelligent behavior.

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All there is to investing is picking good stocks at good times and staying with them as long as they remain good companies.

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All jobs are created in direct proportion to the amount of capital employed.

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Long ago, Ben Graham taught me that "Price is what you pay; value is what you get." Whether we're talking about socks or stocks, I like buying quality merchandise when it is marked down.

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Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote.

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Never count on making a good sale. Have the purchase price be so attractive that even a mediocre sale gives good results.

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Cash combined with courage in a time of crisis is priceless.

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If you know how to value businesses, it's crazy to own 50 stocks or 40 stocks or 30 stocks, probably because there aren't that many wonderful businesses understandable to a single human being in all likelihood. To forego buying more of some super-wonderful business and instead put your money into #30 or #35 on your list of attractiveness just strikes Charlie and me as madness.

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Does management resist the institutional imperative?

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If you don't feel comfortable owning something for 10 years, then don't own it for 10 minutes.

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Look for companies with high profit margins.

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You know ... you keep doing the same things and you keep getting the same result over and over again.

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My wheels are running. My investments are local, regional and international.

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I guess I should warn you, if I turn out to be particularly clear, you've probably misunderstood what I've said.

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Activity is the enemy of investment returns.

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I knew a lot about what I did when I was 20. I had read a lot, and I aspired to learn everything I could about the subject.

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Enjoy your work and work for whom you admire.

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