My net worth is the market value of holdings less the tax payable upon sale. The liability is just as real as… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
With each investment you make, you should have the courage and the conviction to place at least ten per cent of your… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
We rarely use much debt and, when we do, we attempt to structure it on a long-term fixed rate basis. We will… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
... but the important thing is that when you do find one where you really do know what you are doing, you… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Investment decision should be made on the basis of the most probable compounding of after-tax net worth with minimum risk. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The great personal fortunes in the country weren't built on a portfolio of fifty companies. They were built by someone who identified… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The truth is that I've got all my net worth safely in Berkshire and I will never sell a share so there… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
One observer commenting on security analysts over forty stated: "They know too many things that are no longer true." As long as… — 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
