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Wild swings in share prices have more to do with the "lemming- like" behaviour of institutional investors than with the aggregate returns of the company they own.

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If I got a chance to take one percent of the deal either way, I would make that bet.

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I would rather sustain the penalties resulting from over-conservatism than face the consequences of error, perhaps with permanent capital loss, resulting from the adoption of "New Era" philosophy where trees really do grow to the sky.

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I look at everything. That's my job. I really do, every day. I think about everything.

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Money is not everything. Make sure you earn a lot before speaking such nonsense.

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I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business. I read and think. So I do more reading and thinking, and make less impulse decisions than most people in business. I do it because I like this kind of life.

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There are three kinds of people: 1. Innovators. 2. Imitators. 3. Idiots.

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I did not think I would see the day when, you know, an AIG would not be able to have its checks clear.

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The capital gains tax is 15 percent now. So I sit there in my office and I make a lot of money by capital gains, and I pay 15 percent, and I pay no payroll tax on it.

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Investing is not as tough as being a top-notch bridge player. All it takes is the ability to see things as they really are.

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Investing in yourself is the best thing you can do. If you've got talents, no one can take them from you.

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Do not save what is left after spending, but spend what is left after saving.

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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 think the biggest thing we need is to unclog the credit markets, and we may need another stimulus - if we do, it's - it should go to the lower and middle-income people.

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The critical investment factor is determining the intrinsic value of a business and paying a fair or bargain price.

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Businesses always have opportunities to improve service, product lines, manufacturing techniques, and the like, and obviously these opportunities should be seized. But a business that constantly encounters major change also encounters many chances for major error

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In a difficult business, no sooner is one problem solved than another surfaces - never is there just one cockroach in the kitchen.

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I've already written a section in the annual report for next year explaining why I think in one case that the figures on our balance sheet as calculated are wrong. But it's the standard way of doing it. It's holy writ. The SEC wants us to do it that way, and we'll do it that way, and I'll explain why I think it's wrong and shareholders can read it and see whether they agree with my logic or don't.

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The major asset in this category is gold, currently a huge favorite of investors who fear almost all other assets, especially paper money (of whose value, as noted, they are right to be fearful). Gold, however, has two significant shortcomings, being neither of much use nor procreative. True, gold has some industrial and decorative utility, but the demand for these purposes is both limited and incapable of soaking up new production. Meanwhile, if you own one ounce of gold for an eternity, you will still own one ounce at its end.

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I always say that in investing you want to buy stock in a company that has a business that's so good that an idiot can run it, because sooner or later one will. We have a country like that.

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