Warren Buffett

United States
Born on 30 Aug 1930
Business Magnate / Investor / Philanthropist

In recent years, probity has eroded. Many major corporations still play things straight, but a significant and growing number... have come to the view that it's okay to manipulate earnings to satisfy what they believe are Wall Street's desires... many CEOs think this kind of manipulation is not only okay, but actually their duty.

Chairman's Letter to Shareholders, Berkshire Hathaway 1998 Annual Report

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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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