‧In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield. |
‧It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently. |
‧It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price. |
‧Price is what you pay. Value is what you get. |
‧Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing. |
‧Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1. |
‧You can't make a good deal with a bad person. |
‧It's easier to stay out of trouble than it is to get out of trouble. |
‧Never ask a barber if you need a haircut. |
‧A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. |
‧If you let yourself be undisciplined on the small things, you will probably be undisciplined on the large things as well. |
‧The fact that people are full of greed, fear, or folly is predictable. The sequence is not predictable. |
‧What we learn from history is that people don't learn from history. |
‧Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken. |
‧We enjoy the process far more than the proceeds. |
‧Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. |
‧A girl in a convertible is worth five in the phonebook. |
‧Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked. |
‧Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre. |
‧If you don't know jewelry, know the jeweler. |
‧If you don't feel comfortable owning something for 10 years, then don't own it for 10 minutes. |
‧There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult. |