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Attention California’s 40 Freshman State Lawmakers
“If you don’t make mistakes, you can’t make decisions.”
–Warren Buffett    Read more »
Worried About Keeping All Those New Year Resolutions?
“You only have to do a few things right in your life as long as you don’t do too many things wrong.”
–Warren Buffett    Read more »
Same For A Lot of Things
“Forecasts usually tell us more of the forecaster than of the future.”
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Not A Pretty Picture
“Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked.”
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Two Related Observations…
“Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing.”
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“My idea of a group decision is to look in the mirror.”
–Warren Buffett    Read more »
How True
“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.”
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Word to the Wise
“A public opinion poll is no substitute for thought.”
— Warren Buffett
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Fear and Greed
“Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy only when others are fearful.”
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Envy — Charlie Munger’s Least Favorite of the Seven Deadly Sins
“It’s the only sin you can never have fun doing.”
–Munger at a May 2, 2010 press conference the day following the Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders Meeting
“Combine gluttony and lust and you can have a helluva weekend.”
— Warren Buffett’s retort.    Read more »
All Too True…
“Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.”
–Warren Buffett    Read more »
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