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Warren Buffett

Society
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.
4.4 · 50 votes · 79 reads
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Art and Culture
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.
4.3 · 16 votes · 96 reads
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Nature
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.
3.7 · 46 votes · 148 reads
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Thought and Reason
There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.
3.9 · 7 votes · 0 reads
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Time
Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre.
4.5 · 14 votes · 95 reads
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Society
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.
4.0 · 13 votes · 57 reads
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Society
Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway.
4.4 · 10 votes · 117 reads
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Society
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.'
3.4 · 32 votes · 35 reads
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Feelings
We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.
5.0 · 40 votes · 21 reads
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Society
We're still in a recession. We're not gonna be out of it for a while, but we will get out.
4.7 · 21 votes · 106 reads
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Society
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.
4.1 · 55 votes · 85 reads
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Society
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.
4.0 · 20 votes · 140 reads
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Various
When you combine ignorance and leverage, you get some pretty interesting results.
4.8 · 36 votes · 163 reads
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Society
Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Mae West said, 'Too much of a good thing can be wonderful'.
4.8 · 46 votes · 97 reads
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Society
Wide diversification is only required when investors do not understand what they are doing.
3.2 · 54 votes · 46 reads
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Society
You do things when the opportunities come along. I've had periods in my life when I've had a bundle of ideas come along, and I've had long dry spells. If I get an idea next week, I'll do something. If not, I won't do a damn thing.
3.1 · 33 votes · 85 reads
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Time
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
4.1 · 39 votes · 170 reads
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Nature
You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.
4.5 · 44 votes · 45 reads
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Society
Your premium brand had better be delivering something special, or it's not going to get the business.
3.0 · 32 votes · 60 reads
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