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

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" Our favorite holding period is forever. "

" In the 20th century, the United States endured two world wars and other traumatic and expensive military conflicts; the Depression; a dozen or so recessions and financial panics; oil shocks; a flu epidemic; and the resignation of a disgraced president. Yet the Dow rose from 66 to 11,497. "

" A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. "

" 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. "

" We enjoy the process far more than the proceeds. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" We always live in an uncertain world. What is certain is that the United States will go forward over time. "

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

" 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. "

" The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes. "

" The big question about how people behave is whether they've got an Inner Scorecard or an Outer Scorecard. It helps if you can be satisfied with an Inner Scorecard. "

" 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. "

" The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves - and the better the teacher, the better the student body. "

" 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. "

" You know, people talk about this being an uncertain time. You know, all time is uncertain. I mean, it was uncertain back in - in 2007, we just didn't know it was uncertain. It was - uncertain on September 10th, 2001. It was uncertain on October 18th, 1987, you just didn't know it. "

" 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. "

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

" Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote. "

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

" The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule. "

" Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken. "

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

" 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. "

" Your premium brand had better be delivering something special, or it's not going to get the business. "

" 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. "

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

" We believe that according the name 'investors' to institutions that trade actively is like calling someone who repeatedly engages in one-night stands a 'romantic.' "

" I don't look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over. "