“We don't get paid for activity, just for being right. As to how long we'll wait, we'll wait indefinitely.”

—  Warren Buffett

1998 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting, quoted in Wait: The Art and Science of Delay (2012) by Frank Partnoy, p. 177

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