The Depression taught me what frugality means and the importance of not losing money.

- Irving Kahn

Investors must remember that their first job is to preserve their capital. After they've dealt with that, they can approach the second job, seeking a…

- Irving Kahn

Real investors should never feel bearish because the time to buy value is when markets go down!

- Irving Kahn

Don't depend on recent or current figures to forecast future prices; remember that many others knew them before you did

- Irving Kahn

I stopped wasting time on what [other] people claimed a stock was worth and started looking at the numbers.

- Irving Kahn

It is very important to have a widespread curiosity about life.

- Irving Kahn

This may surprise you, but there were a large number of valuable buys during the Depression.

- Irving Kahn

I'm at the stage in life where I get a lot of pleasure out of finding a cheap stock.

- Irving Kahn

Investors have no reason to feel bearish. True value investors are glad the markets are down.

- Irving Kahn