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What famous investing quote reminds you of your investing style?

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For example...

"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest."
"Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful."
"If you watch the pennies the dollars take care of themselves."
"Every once in a while, the market does something so stupid it takes your breath away."
etc...
etc...
etc...

For me, it has to be, "If you watch the pennies the dollars will take care of themselves" because my Dad used to tell me that all the time!

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"You've got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky?"
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"Buy fear, sell greed"

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Technically not an investing quote...
I've got all the bases covered.
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See signature. My favorite... even though I spend too much time watching the markets.
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tvubpwcisla wrote: Mon Jun 15, 2020 6:54 pm"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest."
"Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful."
I’ll just go with the first two sayings of the OP because they ring a bell.

The first I think applies in my case because I studied a lot of investing books to develop my plan. Now of course the first saying isn’t specific to investing; nevertheless the knowledge I’ve accumulated really has formed a strong basis for me. And with that solid basis, the second saying above really is more silly than sensible. Greed and fear don’t come in to play at all in my investment decisions. The emotions that do accompany my investment thinking are confidence and satisfaction.
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Buy & Hold.
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“Greed is Good”

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"Successful investing involves doing just a few things right and avoiding serious mistakes."--John C. Bogle

As for Warren Buffett's "Be fearful when others are greedy and be greedy when others are fearful,” that is not my style because I can't tell whether "others" are being greedy or whether they are being fearful. I settle for staying the course in a total market index fund, and then I know that whenever others are being greedy, I am being less greedy, and when others are being fearful, I am being less fearful--and I can do it without being able to assess the mood of the market.
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nisiprius wrote: Mon Jun 15, 2020 7:29 pm "Successful investing involves doing just a few things right and avoiding serious mistakes."--John C. Bogle
Your first quote is very similar to Charlie Munger's:
“It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent.”
It's this quote that stays with me. I hope to consistently achieve "not stupid".
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What famous investing quote reminds you of your investing style?
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"Nobody knows nothin' " and "stay the course". Mr Bogle.
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There are many quotes that remind me of my investing style, whatever that really is. Here's one I like because it reminds me that behavioral finance isn't just about errors other investors make, but that I make:

"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself – and you are the easiest person to fool." ~Richard Feynman

Hence...Fallible.
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nisiprius wrote: Mon Jun 15, 2020 7:29 pm "Successful investing involves doing just a few things right and avoiding serious mistakes."--John C. Bogle
...boy is that a good one and so very true! ^

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Iorek wrote: Mon Jun 15, 2020 7:38 pm Don’t do something, just stand there
This. And "Nobody knows nothin'."
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tvubpwcisla wrote: Mon Jun 15, 2020 6:54 pm For example...

"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest."
"Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful."
"If you watch the pennies the dollars take care of themselves."
"Every once in a while, the market does something so stupid it takes your breath away."
etc...
etc...
etc...

For me, it has to be, "If you watch the pennies the dollars will take care of themselves" because my Dad used to tell me that all the time!

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tvubpwcisla wrote: Mon Jun 15, 2020 7:57 pm
nisiprius wrote: Mon Jun 15, 2020 7:29 pm "Successful investing involves doing just a few things right and avoiding serious mistakes."--John C. Bogle
...boy is that a good one and so very true! ^

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I think the saying sis

“Never take too much or too little risk”
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“Wealth can’t buy happiness, but it’s way better than being in poverty.”

My mom, long passed, remembering the depression/war era.

Thus, my investing “style” has always been focused on attaining/accumulating wealth.
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Not mine but my wife's newest and favorite expression (she learned on Bogleheads):

If you've won the game, stop playing.
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I like:
The market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.
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A fool and his money are lucky enough to get together in the first place.

meaning: Once you have money, don’t get cocky and throw out the habits that helped you accumulate your wealth in the first place. Avoid speculation, trading, and spending money foolishly.
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My favorite investing quote was actually written about bread:

"It's all about a balancing act between time, temperature and ingredients: That's the art of baking."
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Not exactly famous but,

Buying an elephant for a dime is only a good deal if you need an elephant and you have a dime.

That may be relevant when people are deciding to take a monthly pension or a lump sum.
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“Big money, no whammies!!!”
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Is my signature quote famous and/or about investing? Not sure if it counts...
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"The stock market is a device for transfering wealth from the active to the patient."

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"Diversification is a protection against ignorance" - Warren Buffett
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“Buy high, sell higher.”

Also, “Sell high, buy low.”
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Not a famous investing quote, but I want it to become one. From The Wire:

Avon: You come in here, you get your mind right, you only do two days. The day you come in...
Stringer: The day you get out.

They’re talking about doing time, of course. But it’s no different than investing. There are only two days that matter: the day you buy; the day you sell. Everything else is just noise.
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It's in my signature line below :wink:
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“Far more money has been lost by investors preparing for corrections, or trying to anticipate corrections, than has been lost in corrections themselves.” – Peter Lynch

I stay fully invested.
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Not my favorite but a good one : “the market can stay irrational longer than you can remain solvent “. John Maynard Keynes
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"Buy and hold."
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tigerdoc93 wrote: Tue Jun 16, 2020 5:37 am Not my favorite but a good one : “the market can stay irrational longer than you can remain solvent “. John Maynard Keynes
The irrational part might be in play these days.
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"The less the fee, the more for me."
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In my signature.
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Iorek wrote: Mon Jun 15, 2020 7:38 pm Don’t do something, just stand there
This right here.

If you can do this, you got the controls.
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Fallible wrote: Mon Jun 15, 2020 7:43 pm There are many quotes that remind me of my investing style, whatever that really is. Here's one I like because it reminds me that behavioral finance isn't just about errors other investors make, but that I make:

"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself – and you are the easiest person to fool." ~Richard Feynman

Hence...Fallible.
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My corollary: This is true even if he fooled himself.
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columbia wrote: Tue Jun 16, 2020 5:41 am
tigerdoc93 wrote: Tue Jun 16, 2020 5:37 am Not my favorite but a good one : “the market can stay irrational longer than you can remain solvent “. John Maynard Keynes
The irrational part might be in play these days.
The point I see in that quote is that one may overestimate one's own rationality.
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