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30 quotes
American investor, entrepreneur and businessman
“Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction.”
"Price is what you pay. Value is what you get."
on Wisdom
"If you’re in the luckiest one per cent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99 per cent."
on Social Justice
"You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong."
on Success
"Never depend on single income. Make investment to create a second source."
"Failing conventionally is the route to go; as a group, lemmings may have a rotten image, but no individual lemming has ever received bad press"
on Humor
"You know ... you keep doing the same things and you keep getting the same result over and over again."
on Life
"If you don't find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die."
"Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1."
"We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful."
"If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians."
"The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes."
on Inspirational
"Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing"
"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."
"Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago."
"The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective."
on Business
"Our favorite holding period is forever."
on Investment
"The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything."
"Be Fearful When Others Are Greedy and Greedy When Others Are Fearful"
on Fear
"The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say “no” to almost everything."
"To be successful, look for the job you will take if you don't need a job"