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So if you are evaluating others (or yourself!) in the investment field, think out some standards - apply them - interpret them.

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Buy stocks like you buy your groceries, not like you buy your perfume.

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You can't make a good deal with a bad person.

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Investors should be skeptical of history-based models. Constructed by a nerdy-sounding priesthood using esoteric terms such as beta, gamma, sigma and the like, these models tend to look impressive. Too often, though, investors forget to examine the assumptions behind the models. Beware of geeks bearing formulas.

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I mean, you know, you're not going to change the human animal. And the human animal really doesn't get a lot smarter.

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Risk can be greatly reduced by concentrating on only a few holdings.

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

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In the end, alchemy, whether it is metallurgical or financial, fails. A base business can not be transformed into a golden business by tricks of accounting or capital structure. The man claiming to be a financial alchemist may become rich. But gullible investors rather than business achievements will usually be the source of his wealth.

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You're dealing with a lot of silly people in the marketplace; it's like a great big casino and everyone else is boozing. If you can stick with Pepsi, you should be OK.

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Never give up searching for the job that you're passionate about.

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Asset values and earning power are the dominant factors affecting the valuation of a controlling interest in a business. Market price, which governs valuation of minority interest positions, is of little or no importance in valuing a controlling interest.

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I think that trying to invest through 535 people is a tough job, you know, and so I would give more latitude.

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The most common cause of low prices is pessimism - sometimes pervasive, sometimes specific to a company or industry. We want to do business in such an environment, not because we like pessimism but because we like the prices it produces.

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Buy into a company because you want to own it, not because you want the stock to go up.

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Calculate "owner earnings" to get a true reflection of value.

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This country is going - be living better ten years from now than it is now. It will be living better in 20 years from now than ten years from now. The ingredients that made this country, you know, the miracle of the world - I mean we had a seven for one improvement in the average American standard of living in the 20th century.

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Although we deal with probabilities and expectations, the actual results can deviate substantially from such expectations, particularly on a short-term basis.

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A pack of lemmings looks like a group of rugged individualists compared with Wall Street when it gets a concept in its teeth.

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The stockmarket is a semi-psychotic creature given to extremes of elation and despair.

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We don't get paid for activity, just for being right. As to how long we'll wait, we'll wait indefinitely.

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