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The truth is, everything that has happened in my life... that I thought was a crushing event at the time, has turned out for the better.

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We will prosper or suffer in controlled investments in relation to the operating performances of our businesses - we will not attempt to profit by playing various games in the securities markets.

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Only buy something that you'd be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for 10 years.

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Focus on return on equity, not earnings per share.

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A very rich person should leave his kids enough to do anything, but not enough to do nothing.

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It's almost impossible to overpay the truly extraordinary CEO... but the species is rare.

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Inflation could be a very - is a likely consequence out of what's going on now.

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Fear is the foe of the faddist, but the friend of the fundamentalist.

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All but a few of the organizations do not specifically promise to deliver superior investment performance although it is perhaps not unreasonable for the public to draw such an inference from their advertised emphasis on professional management.

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Your money can be inflated away but your knowledge and talent cannot.

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Making money isn't the backbone of our guiding purpose; it is the by-product of our guiding purpose.

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I have worked with investors for 60 years and I have yet to see anyone - not even when capital gains rates were 39.9 percent in 1976-77 - shy away from a sensible investment because of the tax rate on the potential gain.

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I never buy anything unless I can fill out on a piece of paper my reasons. I may be wrong, but I would know the answer to that ...I'm paying $32 billion today for the Coca Cola Company because... If you can't answer that question, you shouldn't buy it. If you can answer that question, and you do it a few times, you'll make a lot of money.

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You’d get very rich if you thought of yourself as having a card with only twenty punches in a lifetime, and every financial decision used up one punch. You’d resist the temptation to dabble. You’d make more good decisions and you’d make more big decisions.

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I view derivatives as time bombs, both for the parties that deal in them and the economic system.

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I’ve worked in an economy that rewards someone who saves the lives of others on a battlefield with a medal, rewards a great teacher with thank-you notes from parents, but rewards those who can detect the mispricing of securities with sums reaching into the billions.

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The rest of the world really likes our stuff pretty well. It's just we buy so damn much of what they produce.

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What motivates most gold purchasers is their belief that the ranks of the fearful will grow ... As 'bandwagon' investors join any party, they create their own truth - for a while.

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We've got more productive capacity now than we ever have.

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What motivates most gold purchasers is their belief that the ranks of the fearful will grow. During the past decade that belief has proved correct. Beyond that, the rising price has on its own generated additional buying enthusiasm, attracting purchasers who see the rise as validating an investment thesis. As 'bandwagon' investors join any party, they create their own truth - for a while.

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