Only buy something that you'd be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for 10 years.

Quote by Warren Buffett

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You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long...

You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long...

We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only...

We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only...

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...

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

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

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...

The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. [For] to a degree, people...

The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. [For] to a degree, people...

When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for...

When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for...

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

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

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...

Of the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them....

Of the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them....

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...

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

Beware of geeks bearing formulas.

Beware of geeks bearing formulas.

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...

When a management team with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation...

When a management team with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation...

Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote.

Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote.

You do things when the opportunities come along. I've had periods in my life when...

You do things when the opportunities come along. I've had periods in my life when...

A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought.

A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought.

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.

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,...