Quotes about run
running quitting defeat
If you learn how to defeat that person when you're running. You will know how to not quit when things get hard in your life. Will Smith
running nba-championships years
Give me about 10 years, I'm going to run for President. If I can squeeze in an NBA championship before that, I'll do it.
running three miles
When I say I am going to run three miles, I run five. With that mentality, it is actually difficult to lose.
running years white
I feel like I could run for President. People often laugh, but if I set my mind to it, within the next 15 years I could be in the White House.
running fear scared
I can't run away when I'm scared. I always have to attack. That's how I deal with seemingly difficult things.
running reading keys
The keys to life are running and reading.
running hurt tired
When you're running and you are there, there's a little person that talks to you and that little person says “Oh, I'm tired”, “My lounge's about to pop”, “I'm so hurt”, “I'm so tired”, “There's no way I can possibly continue”. And you wanna quit. Right? That person, if you learn how to defeat that person when you're running you will learn how to not quit when things get hard in your life.
running space-flight way
The single simplest reason why human space flight is necessary is this, stated as plainly as possible: keeping all your breeding pairs in one place is a retarded way to run a species. Warren Ellis
running thinking citizens
I don't want to run for governor, but I don't think anyone should put public service out of the question because that's not what a good citizen does. Warren Beatty
running long hot
What's hot today isn't likely to be hot tomorrow. The stock market reverts to fundamental returns over the long run. Don't follow the herd. Warren Buffett
running country business
I always say that in investing you want to buy stock in a company that has a business that's so good that an idiot can run it, because sooner or later one will. We have a country like that.
running book intelligent
At age 19, I read a book [The Intelligent Investor] and what I'm doing today, at age 76, is running things through the same thought process I learned from the book I read at 19.
running what-matters use
There's no use running if you're on the wrong road.
running war gdp
We've used up a lot of bullets. And we talk about stimulus. But the truth is, we're running a federal deficit that's 9 percent of GDP. That is stimulative as all get out. It's more stimulative than any policy we've followed since World War II.
running business water
I like to go for cinches. I like to shoot fish in a barrel. But I like to do it after the water has run out.
running simple ideas
Our investments continue to be few in number and simple in concept: The truly big investment idea can usually be explained in a short paragraph. We like a business with enduring competitive advantages that is run by able and owner-oriented people. When these attributes exist, and when we can make purchases at sensible prices, it is hard to go wrong (a challenge we periodically manage to overcome).
running dollars investing
Generally speaking, investing in yourself is the best thing you can do. Anything that improves your own talents; nobody can tax it or take it away from you. They can run up huge deficits and the dollar can become worth far less. You can have all kinds of things happen. But if you’ve got talent yourself, and you’ve maximized your talent, you’ve got a tremendous asset that can return ten-fold.
running song book
There are a few investment managers, of course, who are very good - though in the short run, it's difficult to determine whether a great record is due to luck or talent. Most advisors, however, are far better at generating high fees than they are at generating high returns. In truth, their core competence is salesmanship. Rather than listen to their siren songs, investors - large and small - should instead read Jack Bogle's The Little Book of Common Sense Investing.
running people trying
We try to buy businesses with good-to-superb underlying economics run by honest and able people and buy them at sensible prices. That's all I'm trying to do.
running one-day idiot
I always invest in companies an idiot could run, because one day one will.
running should-have long
If we start deciding, based on guesses or emotions, whether we will or won't participate in a business where we should have some long run edge, we're in trouble.
running faces facts
When we really sit back with a smile on our face is when we run into a situation we can understand, where the facts are ascertainable and clear, and the course of action obvious.
running people desire
I certainly have no desire to sell a good controlled business run by people I like and admire, merely to obtain a fancy price. However, specific conditions may cause the sale of one operating unit at some point.
running average long
The fundamental basis of above-average performance in the long run is sustainable competitive advantage.
running people trying
We say we are trying to buy into businesses with excellent economics, run by honest and able people at a decent price. We buy very few securities, so we look at it as "focused" investing.
running years people
I've made money over the years by buying into good companies, run by good people, at attractive prices. And I don't try and make it out of buying into the market at one point and selling at another point.
running fool someday
You should invest in a business that even a fool can run, because someday a fool will.
running kindness business
I have pledged - to you, the rating agencies and myself - to always run Berkshire with more than ample cash. We never want to count on the kindness of strangers in order to meet tomorrow's obligations. When forced to choose, I will not trade even a night's sleep for the chance of extra profits.
running strong animal
Take me as an example. I happen to have a talent for allocating capital. But my ability to use that talent is completely dependent on the society I was born into. If I'd been born into a tribe of hunters, this talent of mine would be pretty worthless. I can't run very fast. I'm not particularly strong. I'd probably end up as some wild animal's dinner.
running business stress
In the long run managements stressing accounting appearance over economic substance usually achieve little of either.
running business investing-money
I try to buy stock in businesses that are so wonderful that an idiot can run them. Because sooner or later, one will.
running baseball investing
In investing, just as in baseball, to put runs on the scoreboard, one must watch the playing field, not the scoreboard.
running fun thinking
Every time I hear that word, I cringe. Fun! I think it's disgusting; it's just running around. It's not my idea of pleasure. Vivienne Westwood