The rich are always going to say that, you know, just give us more money and we'll go out and spend more… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The capital gains tax is 15 percent now. So I sit there in my office and I make a lot of money… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The only way to get love is to be lovable. It's very irritating if you have a lot of money. You'd like… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Cash never makes us happy, but it's better to have the money burning a hole in Berkshire's pocket than resting comfortably in… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I'm just lucky to have been in the right place at the right time. Another place, another time, I wouldn't have been… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
It's nice to have a lot of money, but you know, you don't want to keep it around forever. I prefer buying… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I would say the most satisfying thing actually is watching my three children each pick up on their own interests and work… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Working with people who cause your stomach to churn seems much like marrying for money - probably a bad idea under any… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Gold is a way of going long on fear, and it has been a pretty good way of going long on fear… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
[The U.S. Treasury] can borrow basically unlimited amounts. They can stay there for years and years. These assets will be worth more… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The financial calculus that Charlie and I employ would never permit our trading a good night's sleep for a shot at a… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I think you'll have plenty of scrutiny as how the money's invested. I mean, just like the RFC. When the RFC operated,… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
No formula in finance tells you that the moat is 28 feet wide and 16 feet deep. That's what drives the academics… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
When 40 billion of treasury bills are sold like, seven day treasury bills, at a yield of 1/20th of one percent, that… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
As of 1992, in fact-though the picture would have improved since then-the money that had been made since the dawn of aviation… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Confidence is key. You're not going to put your money - you're not going to leave your money with me unless you're… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Well, I think the biggest mistake is not learning the habits of saving properly early. Because saving is a habit. And then,… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Money to some extent sometimes let you be in more interesting environments. But it can't change how many people love you or… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I certainly do believe anyone engaged in the management of money should have a standard of measurement, and that both he and… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
You’d get very rich if you thought of yourself as having a card with only twenty punches in a lifetime, and every… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
To invest successfully over a lifetime does not require a stratospheric IQ, unusual business insights, or inside information. What's needed is a sound intellectual… — Warren Buffett Copy Share
“Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful.” — Warren Buffett Copy Share
Making money isn't the backbone of our guiding purpose; it is the by-product of our guiding purpose. — Warren Buffett Copy Share
We set no volume goals in our insurance business generally-and certainly not in reinsurance-as virtually any volume can be achieved if profitability standards are… — Warren Buffett Copy Share
Everybody's got a different circle of competence. The important thing is not how big the circle is. The important thing is staying inside the… — Warren Buffett Copy Share
It is better to point out your own mistakes than have somebody else do it. — Warren Buffett Copy Share
I've read about all the sales today. If you're an auto dealer, you're feeling it. If you're a furniture retailer like we are, you're… — Warren Buffett Copy Share
I was lucky enough to be born in a time and place where society values my talent, and gave me a good education to… — Warren Buffett Copy Share
The most common cause of low prices is pessimism - some times pervasive, some times specific to a company or industry. We want to… — Warren Buffett Copy Share
The reaction of weak management to weak operations is often weak accounting. — Warren Buffett Copy Share
What you really want to do in investments is figure out what's important and knowable. If it's unimportant or unknowable you forget about it. — Warren Buffett Copy Share
I don't measure my life by the money I've made. Other people might, but certainly don't. — Warren Buffett Copy Share
I mean the truth is, I've never had it so good in terms of taxes. I am paying the lowest tax rate that I've… — Warren Buffett Copy Share
The most important quality for an investor is temperament, not intellect. You need a temperament that neither derives great pleasure from being with the… — Warren Buffett Copy Share
Investors, of course, can, by their own behavior make stock ownership highly risky. And many do. Active trading, attempts to "time" market movements, inadequate… — Warren Buffett Copy Share