Peter Lynch Quotations

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The key to making money in stocks is not to get scared out of them.
	- Peter Lynch	more quotations on [Money]

It's human nature to keep doing something as long as it's pleasurable and you can succeed at it - which is why the world population continues to double every 40 years.
	- Peter Lynch	more quotations on [Pleasure]

The person that turns over the most rocks wins the game. And that's always been my philosophy.
	- Peter Lynch	more quotations on [Success] [Action] [Investing]

In this business if you're good, you're right six times out of ten. You're never going to be right nine times out of ten.
	- Peter Lynch	more quotations on [Investing] [Luck]

Go for a business that any idiot can run - because sooner or later, any idiot probably is going to run it.
	- Peter Lynch	more quotations on [Investing] [Business]

I got positive feelings when I saw that Taco Bell's headquarters was stuck behind a bowling alley. When I saw those executives operating out of that grim little bunker, I was thrilled. Obviously they weren't wasting money on landscaping the office.
	- Peter Lynch	more quotations on [Investing] [Business]

Although it's easy to forget sometimes, a share of a stock is not a lottery ticket. It's part ownership of a business.
	- Peter Lynch	more quotations on [Investing]

Between the chance of making an unusually large profit on an unknown company and the assurance of losing only a small amount on an established company, the normal mutual-fund manager, pension-fund manager, or corporate-portfolio manager would jump at the latter. Success is one thing, but it's more important not to look bad if you fail.
	- Peter Lynch	more quotations on [Investing]

Everyone has the brainpower to follow the stock market. If you made it through fifth-grade math, you can do it.
	- Peter Lynch	more quotations on [Investing]

I like buying companies that can be run by monkeys - because one day they will be.
	- Peter Lynch	more quotations on [Investing]

I think you have to learn that there's a company behind every stock, and that there's only one real reason why stocks go up. Companies go from doing poorly to doing well or small companies grow to large companies.
	- Peter Lynch	more quotations on [Investing]

If I could avoid a single stock, it would be the hottest stock in the hottest industry, the one that gets the most favourable publicity, the one that every investor hears about in the car pool or on the commuter train - and succumbing to the social pressure, often buys.
	- Peter Lynch	more quotations on [Investing]

If you know why you bought a stock in the first place, you'll automatically have a better idea of when to say goodbye to it.
	- Peter Lynch	more quotations on [Investing]

If you remember nothing else about p/e ratios, remember to avoid stocks with excessively high ones. A company with a high p/e must have incredible earnings growth to justify its high price.
	- Peter Lynch	more quotations on [Investing]

If you're considering a stock on the strength of some specific product that a company makes, the first thing to find out is: what effect will the success of the product have on the company's bottom line?
	- Peter Lynch	more quotations on [Investing]

In stocks you've got the company's growth on your side. You're a partner in a prosperous and expanding business. In bonds, you're nothing more than the nearest source of spare change. When you lend money to somebody, the best you can hope for is to get it back, plus interest.
	- Peter Lynch	more quotations on [Investing]

In this business if you're good, you're right six times out of ten. You're never going to be right nine times out of ten.
	- Peter Lynch	more quotations on [Investing]

Investing in stocks is an art, not a science, and people who've been trained to rigidly quantify everything have a big disadvantage.
	- Peter Lynch	more quotations on [Investing]

Investing without research is like playing stud poker and never looking at the cards.
	- Peter Lynch	more quotations on [Investing]

It only takes a handful of big winners to make a lifetime of investing worthwhile.
	- Peter Lynch	more quotations on [Investing]

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