Famous Quotes - By Investment Gurus

Warren Buffett

Quotes:
"If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians."
"Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1."
"Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago."
"Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway."
"Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing."

Michael Steinhardt

Quote:
"In the 1950s and 1960s, the heroes were the long-term investors; today the heroes are the wise guys."

Peter Lynch

Quote:
"Go for a business that any idiot can run - because sooner or later, any idiot probably is going to run it."

John Templeton

Quote:
"The time of maximum pessimism is the best time to buy and the time of maximum optimism is the best time to sell."

John (Jack) Bogle:

Quote:
"If you have trouble imagining a 20% loss in the stock market, you shouldn’t be in stocks."

Julian Robertson

Quote:
"[O]ur mandate is to find the 200 best companies in the world and invest in them, and find the 200 worst companies in the world and go short on them. If the 200 best don’t do better than the 200 worst, you probably should get in another business."

George Soros

Quote:
"It’s not whether you’re right or wrong that’s important, but how much money you make when you’re right and how much you lose when you’re wrong."