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The most important quality for an investor is temperament, not intellect. You need a temperament that neither derives great pleasure from being with the crowd or against the crowd.

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Never invest in a business you don't understand.

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This economy doesn't work well without the lubrication of credit and trust.

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The 19th century belonged to England, the 20th century belonged to the U.S., and the 21st century belongs to China. Invest accordingly.

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Would your reply possibly be this? Well, it all depends on what my tax rate will be on the gain you're saying we're going to make. If the taxes are too high, I would rather leave the money in my savings account, earning a quarter of 1 percent. Only in Grover Norquist's imagination does such a response exist.

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The American worker is more productive than he's ever been.

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If you can tell me who your heroes are, I can tell you how you're going to turn out in life.

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In one way, I'm sympathetic to the institutional reluctance to face the music. I'd give a lot to mark my weight to 'model' rather than to 'market.'

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At Berkshire, I both initiate and monitor every derivatives contract on our books ... If Berkshire ever gets in trouble, it will be my fault. It will not be because of the misjudgments made by a risk committee or chief risk officer.

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The reaction of weak management to weak operations is often weak accounting.

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Uncertainty is the friend of the buyer of long term values.

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We've got a wonderful economic formula in this country.

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Economic medicine that was previously meted out by the cupful has recently been dispensed by the barrel. These once unthinkable dosages will almost certainly bring on unwelcome after-effects. Their precise nature is anyone's guess, though one likely consequence is an onslaught of inflation.

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In the world of business, the people who are most successful are those who are doing what they love.

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Continually challenge and be willing to amend your best loved ideas.

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Do what you would do for free, having passion for what you do is the most important thing.

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Activity is the enemy of investment returns.

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A lot of people disagree with me on this, I believe in mark to market.

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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 it did well with the capital in its hands.

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The ideal business is one that earns very high returns on capital and that keeps using lots of capital at those high returns. That becomes a compounding machine.

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