233 Quotes by Peter Lynch

When you sell in desperation, you always sell cheap.

If you can follow only one bit of data, follow the earnings - assuming the company in question has earnings.

Go for a business that any idiot can run – because sooner or later any idiot probably is going to be running it.

The old Wall Street adage "never invest in anything that eats or needs repairs" may apply to racehorses, but it's malarkey when it comes to houses.

The old Wall Street adage "never invest in anything that eats or needs repairs" may apply to racehorses, but it's mlarkey when it comes to houses.

So while I was in college I did a little study on the freight industry, the air freight industry. And I looked at this company called Flying Tiger. And I actually put a thousand dollars in it and I remember I thought this air cargo was going to be a thing of the future.

If a picture is worth a thousand words, in business, so is a number.

When stocks are attractive, you buy them. Sure, they can go lower. I've bought stocks at $12 that went to $2, but then they later went to $30. You just don't know when you can find the bottom.

Investing is fun and exciting, but dangerous if you don't do any work.