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" I think the most important factor in getting out of the recession actually is just the regenerative capacity of - of American capitalism. "

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" In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield. "

" There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult. "

" I am quite serious when I say that I do not believe there are, on the whole earth besides, so many intensified bores as in these United States. No man can form an adequate idea of the real meaning of the word, without coming here. "

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

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

" We're still in a recession. We're not gonna be out of it for a while, but we will get out. "

" I just think that - when a country needs more income and we do, we're only taking in 15 percent of GDP, I mean, that - that - when a country needs more income, they should get it from the people that have it. "

" Wide diversification is only required when investors do not understand what they are doing. "

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" It's never paid to bet against America. We come through things, but its not always a smooth ride. "

" Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing. "

" Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it. "

" Of the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks before they had money, they are simply jerks with a billion dollars. "

" There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it. "

" When you combine ignorance and leverage, you get some pretty interesting results. "

" Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction. "

" It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you'll drift in that direction. "

" The rich are always going to say that, you know, just give us more money and we'll go out and spend more and then it will all trickle down to the rest of you. But that has not worked the last 10 years, and I hope the American public is catching on. "

" Americans are in a cycle of fear which leads to people not wanting to spend and not wanting to make investments, and that leads to more fear. We'll break out of it. It takes time. "

" Today people who hold cash equivalents feel comfortable. They shouldn't. They have opted for a terrible long-term asset, one that pays virtually nothing and is certain to depreciate in value. "

" When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact. "

" We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful. "

" Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre. "

" Value is what you get. "

" Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Mae West said, 'Too much of a good thing can be wonderful'. "

" Price is what you pay. Value is what you get. "

" Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1. "

" Predicting rain doesn't count. Building arks does. "

" It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently. "

" The investor of today does not profit from yesterday's growth. "

" You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong. "