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" 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. "

Warren Buffett

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

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" The only way to get love is to be lovable. It's very irritating if you have a lot of money. You'd like to think you could write a check: 'I'll buy a million dollars' worth of love.' But it doesn't work that way. The more you give love away, the more you get. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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" I think that both parties should declare the debt limit as a political weapon of mass destruction which can't be used. I mean, it is silly to have a country that has 237 years building up its reputation and then have people threaten to tear it down because they're not getting some other matter. "

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

" I buy expensive suits. They just look cheap on me. "

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

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

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