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7.09.2012

Here, Here…

“Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote.”

— Warren Buffett Read more »

7.06.2012

Speaking of Principles…

“If principles can become dated, they’re not principles.”

— Warren Buffett

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“Those are my principles. And if you don’t like them…I have others.”

— Groucho Marx

5.17.2012

Rational Behavior

“When proper temperament joins with proper intellectual framework, then you get rational behavior.”

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5.05.2012

Peace of Mind

“As long as I have $20 billion some place, I feel comfortable.”

— Warren Buffett, May 5, 2012 Read more »

5.05.2012

Warren Buffett on His Prostate Cancer

“(I feel) terrific. This is really a minor event. The survival numbers are way up. Basically, I seem to have a good immune system. Maybe I’ll get shot by a jealous husband.

“I love what I do. I work with people I love. It’s more fun every day.” Read more »

4.17.2012

The Zero Effect

“Over the years, a number of smart people have learned the hard way that a long stream of impressive numbers mulitplied by a single zero always equals zero.”

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4.06.2012

One Way to Avoid Peer Pressure…

“Acquire worldy wisdom and adjust your behavior accordingly. If your new behavior gives you a little temporary unpopularity with your peer group … then to hell with them.”

— Charles Munger Read more »

3.16.2012

The Better The Teacher…

“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 Read more »

3.08.2012

There is That…

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

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2.01.2012

Fish Walking on Land

“Can you really explain to a fish what it’s like to walk on land? One day on land is worth a thousand years of talking about it and one day of running a business has exactly the same kind of value.”

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