The Stock Market is designed to transfer money from the Active to the Patient. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
As far as you are concerned, the stock market does not exist. Ignore it. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I am not in the business of predicting general stock market of business fluctuations. If you think I can do this, or… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The stock market is a wonderfully efficient mechanism for transferring wealth from the impatient to the patient. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
We do not have, nor have had, and never will have an opinion about where the stock market, interest rates, or business… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The [stock] market,like the Lord, helps those who help themselves. But, unlike the Lord, the market does not forgive those who know… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Our stay-put behavior reflects our view that the stock market serves as a relocation center at which money is moved from the… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
What's hot today isn't likely to be hot tomorrow. The stock market reverts to fundamental returns over the long run. Don't follow… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The (stock) market is there only as a reference point to see if anybody is offering to do anything foolish. When we… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I make no effort to predict the course of general business or the stock market. Period. However, currently there are practices snowballing… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
It's got to be the best intellectual exercise out there. You're seeing through new situations every ten minutes. In the stock market… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
If you knew what was going to happen in the economy, you still wouldn't necessarily know what was going to happen in… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The stock market is a no-called-strike game. You don’t have to swing at everything – you can wait for your pitch. — 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