"Buffett’s genius was largely a genius of character—of patience, discipline, and rationality."

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Source : Roger Lowenstein (2013). “Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist”, p.13, Random House

Roger Lowenstein

#Character Quotes #Discipline Quotes #Genius Quotes

“Never get into a wrestling match with a pig. You both get dirty, and the pig likes it.”
“For a devotee or lover, the being, worshipped or loved, will always be the only one for her or him.”
“A gourmet meal without a glass of wine just seems tragic to me somehow.”
“It doesn't matter if you and everyone else in the room are thinking it. You don't say the words. Words are weapons. They blast big bloody holes in the world. And words are bricks. Say something out loud and it starts turning solid. Say it loud enough and it becomes a wall you can't get through.”
“The symbolic value of having an African-American president has certainly eased some racial tensions in America, but they're not gone.”
“InherÂent qualÂity is part of absolute qualÂity and withÂout it things will appear shoddy. The users may not know why, but they always senseÂ it.”
“Time isn't a commodity, something you pass around like cake. Time is the substance of life. When anyone asks you to give your time, they're really asking for a chunk of your life.”
“To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that by that alone one might determine all the cases in social morality.”

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