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" Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks. "

Warren Buffett

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" We've used up a lot of bullets. And we talk about stimulus. But the truth is, we're running a federal deficit that's 9 percent of GDP. That is stimulative as all get out. It's more stimulative than any policy we've followed since World War II. "

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" If you get to my age in life and nobody thinks well of you, I don't care how big your bank account is, your life is a disaster. "

" Our favorite holding period is forever. "

" 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. "

" It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price. "

" If a business does well, the stock eventually follows. "

" The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I would say the most satisfying thing actually is watching my three children each pick up on their own interests and work many more hours per week than most people that have jobs at trying to intelligently give away that money in fields that they particularly care about. "

" Risk is a part of God's game, alike for men and nations. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" I bought a company in the mid-'90s called Dexter Shoe and paid $400 million for it. And it went to zero. And I gave about $400 million worth of Berkshire stock, which is probably now worth $400 billion. But I've made lots of dumb decisions. That's part of the game. "

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

" If anything, taxes for the lower and middle class and maybe even the upper middle class should even probably be cut further. But I think that people at the high end - people like myself - should be paying a lot more in taxes. We have it better than we've ever had it. "

" I sent one e-mail in my life. I sent it to Jeff Raikes at Microsoft, and it ended up in court in Minneapolis, so I am one for one. "

" I am a huge bull on this country. We will not have a double-dip recession at all. I see our businesses coming back almost across the board. "

" Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I always knew I was going to be rich. I don't think I ever doubted it for a minute. "

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

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