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It's hard to make small investments when you're a billion-dollar fund.
The first five years have so much to do with how the next 80 turn out.
Well, I don't think there's any need for people to focus on my career.
If you were born poor, it's not your fault. But if you die poor it is.
Ninety percent of the cases of polio are in security-vulnerable areas.
There is no well-trodden route to where I am, no formula to replicate.
If the data do not prove that indexing wins, well, the data are wrong.
If you're not grateful, you're not rich - no matter how much you have.
By asking the question How can I afford it? your brain is put to work.
Passion is a powerful force. Passion properly directed is unstoppable.
Negative thoughts are not protecting you. They are making you smaller.
People's lives are forever controlled by two emotions: fear and greed.
Our brains are either our greatest assets or our greatest liabilities.
You can't take care of charity unless you take care of yourself first.
We get a feeling, if we can, about what we think the company is worth.
Ben was a very simple straightforward man with a brilliant quick mind.
No matter how great the talent or efforts, some things just take time.
It is more important to say "no" to an opportunity, than to say "yes".
Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked.
You can lose leverage, and it's the only way a smart guy can go broke.
Money will not change how healthy you are or how many people love you.
The greatest Enemies of the Equity investor are Expenses and Emotions.
Buy stocks like you buy your groceries, not like you buy your perfume.
A lot of people disagree with me on this, I believe in mark to market.
Energy deregulation will be the largest transfer of wealth in history.
You get in a lot of trouble when you start putting fictitious numbers.
What's nice about investing is you don't have to swing at every pitch.
The tablet is not mainstream. Reading off the screen is not mainstream.
The poor can't wait. Philanthropists needed to carry on being generous.
I was a kind of hyper-intense person in my twenties and very impatient.
There is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil.
This whole phenomenon of the computer in a library is an amazing thing.
Being a cheap bastard now means so much more freedom and choices later.
The stock market is overpriced. Everything is overpriced. Junk is king.
If anybody laughs at your idea, view it as a sign of potential success!
I believe - deeply and profoundly - that speculation is a loser's game.
The stock market is a giant distraction from the business of investing.
I can drive. Let's just say you don't want to be in the passenger seat.
Everything I do now is about growing the pot to have more to give away.
It is often said that our modern world is incapable of self-government.
An intelligent person hires people who are more intelligent than he is.
The avoidance of money is just as psychotic as being attached to money.
Don't let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning.
A true luxury is a reward for investing in and developing a real asset.
To be truly wealthy, we must be able to give more than what we receive.
The rich are those who play to win. The middle class plays not to lose.
Opportunities are all around you, you just need to be able to see them.
I mean, Hawaii is beautiful, but the world is full of beautiful places.
Those who are humble enough to learn anew will succeed in this new age.
I do not live on false promises. I cannot afford to live on bad advice.