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

( Peter Lynch )

Speculation is a hard and trying business, and a speculator must be on the job all the time, or he'll soon have no job to be on.

( Jesse Livermore )

Stocks are bought on expectations, not facts.

( Gerald M. Loeb )

Speculation is dealing with the uncertain conditions of the unknown future. Every human action is a speculation in that it is embedded in the flux of time.

( Ludwig von Mises )

Unless you can watch your stock holding decline by 50% without becoming panic stricken, you should not be in the stock market.

( Warren Buffett )

If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.

( Clint Eastwood )

If it’s obvious, it’s obviously wrong.

( Joe Granville )