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

Quote by Warren Buffett

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Our favorite holding period is forever.

Our favorite holding period is forever.

We always live in an uncertain world. What is certain is that the United States...

We always live in an uncertain world. What is certain is that the United States...

I think the most important factor in getting out of the recession actually is just...

I think the most important factor in getting out of the recession actually is just...

Wide diversification is only required when investors do not understand what they are doing.

Wide diversification is only required when investors do not understand what they are doing.

I always knew I was going to be rich. I don't think I ever doubted...

I always knew I was going to be rich. I don't think I ever doubted...

I buy expensive suits. They just look cheap on me.

I buy expensive suits. They just look cheap on me.

Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Mae West said,...

Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Mae West said,...

It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior...

It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior...

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

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

There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.

There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.

Only buy something that you'd be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down...

Only buy something that you'd be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down...

Your premium brand had better be delivering something special, or it's not going to get...

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If...

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If...

You see many stars at night in the sky but find them not when the...

You see many stars at night in the sky but find them not when the...

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

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

If a business does well, the stock eventually follows.

If a business does well, the stock eventually follows.

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

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

It is not history which uses men as a means of achieving - as if...

It is not history which uses men as a means of achieving - as if...

Biography is the only true history

Biography is the only true history

More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills, and proclamations

More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills, and proclamations