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"If a business does well, the stock eventually follows."

-- Warren Buffett

"If a business does well, the stock eventually follows."

-- Warren Buffett

"No matter how great the talent or efforts, some things just take time."

-- Warren Buffett

"No matter how great the talent or efforts, some things just take time."

-- Warren Buffett

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

-- Warren Buffett

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

-- Warren Buffett

"You can't produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant."

-- Warren Buffett

"You can't produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant."

-- Warren Buffett

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

-- Warren Buffett

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

-- Warren Buffett

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

-- Warren Buffett

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

-- Warren Buffett

"Success in investing doesn't correlate with I.Q. What you need is the temperament to control the urges that get other people into trouble."

-- Warren Buffett

"Success in investing doesn't correlate with I.Q. What you need is the temperament to control the urges that get other people into trouble."

-- Warren Buffett

"Cash combined with courage in a time of crisis is priceless."

-- Warren Buffett

"Cash combined with courage in a time of crisis is priceless."

-- Warren Buffett

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

-- Warren Buffett

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

-- Warren Buffett

"Forecasts may tell you a great deal about the forecaster; they tell you nothing about the future."

-- Warren Buffett

"Forecasts may tell you a great deal about the forecaster; they tell you nothing about the future."

-- Warren Buffett

"The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective."

-- Warren Buffett

"The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective."

-- Warren Buffett

"Beware of geeks bearing formulas."

-- Warren Buffett

"Beware of geeks bearing formulas."

-- Warren Buffett

"Investing is simple, but not easy."

-- Warren Buffett

"Investing is simple, but not easy."

-- Warren Buffett

"The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging."

-- Warren Buffett

"The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging."

-- Warren Buffett

"I measure success by how many people love me."

-- Warren Buffett

"I measure success by how many people love me."

-- Warren Buffett

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

-- Warren Buffett

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

-- Warren Buffett

"Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction."

-- Warren Buffett

"Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction."

-- Warren Buffett

"If you’ve been playing poker for half an hour and you still don’t know who the patsy is, you’re the patsy."

-- Warren Buffett

"If you’ve been playing poker for half an hour and you still don’t know who the patsy is, you’re the patsy."

-- Warren Buffett

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

-- Warren Buffett

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

-- Warren Buffett

"I always knew I was going to be rich. I don't think I ever doubted it for a minute."

-- Warren Buffett

"I always knew I was going to be rich. I don't think I ever doubted it for a minute."

-- Warren Buffett

"Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks."

-- Warren Buffett

"Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks."

-- Warren Buffett

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

-- Warren Buffett

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

-- Warren Buffett

"You can't make a good deal with a bad person."

-- Warren Buffett

"You can't make a good deal with a bad person."

-- Warren Buffett

"Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Yogi Berra said, 'A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore."

-- Warren Buffett

"Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Yogi Berra said, 'A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore."

-- Warren Buffett