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The best investments are the ones that make you slightly uncomfortable. Comfort means the price is too high.

contrariandiscipline— Leucadia shareholder letter, 2005
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We buy assets. We don’t buy stories. If the asset is worth more than the price, we don’t need a narrative.

disciplinefundamentals— Annual report, 2008
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People call us a poor man’s Berkshire. I’d rather be a rich man’s anything.

berkshirehumor— Shareholder meeting, 2010
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Leucadia succeeds because we don’t have a strategy. We have a price. If it’s cheap enough, we’ll buy almost anything.

opportunismprice— Leucadia shareholder letter, 2003
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The stock market rewards patience more than intelligence. Most smart people are too impatient to get rich.

investingpatience— Investor presentation, 2007