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[W]e think the very term 'value investing' is redundant. What is 'investing' if it is not the act of seeking value at least sufficient to justify the amount paid? Consciously paying more for a stock than its calculated value -- in the hope that it can soon be sold for a still-higher price -- should be labeled speculation (which is neither illegal, immoral nor -- in our view -- financially fattening).

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Bull markets and Bear markets can obscure mathematical laws, they cannot repeal them.

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The typical large company has a compensation committee, They don't look for Dobermans on that committee, they look for chihuahuas.

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Nothing sedates rationality like large doses of effortless money.

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The Stock Market is designed to transfer money from the Active to the Patient.

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I buy expensive suits - they just look cheap on me.

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Good profits simply are not inconsistent with good behavior.

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You have no ability, if you're a financial institution and you're threatened with criminal prosecution, you have no ability to negotiate.

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I am not worried about the country. I'm just worried about anything that gums up the potential of the country. And right now, it's pretty gummed up.

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The smartest side to take in a bidding war is the losing side.

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I do not like debt and do not like to invest in companies that have too much debt, particularly long-term debt. With long-term debt, increases in interest rates can drastically affect company profits and make future cash flows less predictable.

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We don't get paid for being busy, we get paid for being right.

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I am a better investor because I am a businessman, and a better businessman because I am no investor.

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As an investor with small capital, one should prefer businesses that have high returns on capital and that require little incremental investment to grow.

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Valuing a business is part art and part science.

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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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A fool and his money are soon invited everywhere.

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Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. The person sitting in the shade now should be grateful for the person who planted and tended that tree. That includes all those benefactors of humanity throughout history that created, invented, financed, produced, maintained and improved all that we enjoy today.

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With a wonderful business, you can figure out what will happen; you can't figure out when it will happen. You don't want to focus on when, you want to focus on what. If you're right about what, you don't have to worry about when

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... it's important to have the right monetary policy. It's important for, to have the right fiscal policy. But it's nowhere near as important as just the normal regenerative capacity of American capitalism.

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