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"Diversification is protection against ignorance. It makes little sense if you know what you are doing."

-- Warren Buffett

"Diversification is protection against ignorance. It makes little sense if you know what you are doing."

-- Warren Buffett

"It is not necessary to do extraordinary things to get extraordinary results."

-- Warren Buffett

"It is not necessary to do extraordinary things to get extraordinary results."

-- Warren Buffett

"The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything."

-- Warren Buffett

"The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything."

-- Warren Buffett

"In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield."

-- Warren Buffett

"In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield."

-- Warren Buffett

"Predicting rain doesn't count. Building arks does."

-- Warren Buffett

"Predicting rain doesn't count. Building arks does."

-- Warren Buffett

"Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway."

-- Warren Buffett

"Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway."

-- Warren Buffett

"You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong."

-- Warren Buffett

"You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong."

-- Warren Buffett

"If you are in the luckiest 1% of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99%."

-- Warren Buffett

"If you are in the luckiest 1% of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99%."

-- Warren Buffett

"Never test the depth of the river with both feet."

-- Warren Buffett

"Never test the depth of the river with both feet."

-- Warren Buffett

"Don't save what is left after spending; spend what is left after saving."

-- Warren Buffett

"Don't save what is left after spending; spend what is left after saving."

-- Warren Buffett

"The stock market is a device for transferring money from the impatient to the patient."

-- Warren Buffett

"The stock market is a device for transferring money from the impatient to the patient."

-- Warren Buffett

"Our favorite holding period is forever."

-- Warren Buffett

"Our favorite holding period is forever."

-- Warren Buffett

"Honesty is a very expensive gift. Don’t expect it from cheap people."

-- Warren Buffett

"Honesty is a very expensive gift. Don’t expect it from cheap people."

-- Warren Buffett

"If you don't find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die."

-- Warren Buffett

"If you don't find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die."

-- Warren Buffett

"It’s better to hang out with people better than you."

-- Warren Buffett

"It’s better to hang out with people better than you."

-- Warren Buffett

"Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked."

-- Warren Buffett

"Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked."

-- Warren Buffett

"Opportunities come infrequently. When it rains gold, put out the bucket, not the thimble."

-- Warren Buffett

"Opportunities come infrequently. When it rains gold, put out the bucket, not the thimble."

-- Warren Buffett

"The most important investment you can make is in yourself."

-- Warren Buffett

"The most important investment you can make is in yourself."

-- Warren Buffett

"Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing."

-- Warren Buffett

"Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing."

-- Warren Buffett

"Rule No. 1: Never lose money. Rule No. 2: Never forget rule No. 1."

-- Warren Buffett

"Rule No. 1: Never lose money. Rule No. 2: Never forget rule No. 1."

-- Warren Buffett

"It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently."

-- Warren Buffett

"It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently."

-- Warren Buffett

"Price is what you pay. Value is what you get."

-- Warren Buffett

"Price is what you pay. Value is what you get."

-- Warren Buffett

"Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago."

-- Warren Buffett

"Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago."

-- Warren Buffett

"I’ve always thought that design is the soul of a human-made creation."

-- Steve Jobs

"I’ve always thought that design is the soul of a human-made creation."

-- Steve Jobs