The three most important words in investing...Margin of Safety. — Warren Buffett Customer Copy Share Image
When the brothel burns down, even the pretty girls have to run out. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Banking is very good business if you don't do anything dumb. — Warren Buffett Banking Copy Share Image
It's the deleveraging that's going on right now that has caused the credit crisis. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The plan itself is opportunism. There is no plan before that. — Warren Buffett Opportunism Copy Share Image
“say, a 2:1 ratio than it is to have far greater coverage provided by a single utility. A catastrophic event can render… — Warren Buffett Customer Copy Share Image
All there is to investing is picking good stocks at good times and staying with them as long as they remain good… — Warren Buffett Company Copy Share Image
I think the biggest thing we need is to unclog the credit markets, and we may need another stimulus - if we… — Warren Buffett Credit Copy Share Image
An IPO is like a negotiated transaction - the seller chooses when to come public - and it's unlikely to be a… — Warren Buffett Customer Copy Share Image
The managers at fault periodically report on the lesson they have learned from the latest disappointment. They then usually seek out future… — Warren Buffett Disappointment Copy Share Image
If you own the only newspaper in town, up until the last five years or so, you have pricing power and you… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I mean [Franklin Delano] Roosevelt didn't - you know, when he came in, he didn't print any money. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Don't pass up something that's attractive today because you think you will find something way more attractive tomorrow. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The most common cause of low prices is pessimism - some times pervasive, some times specific to a company or industry. We… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. The person sitting in the shade now… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
If you do smart things and use leverage and do one wrong thing along the way, it could wipe you out, because… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
It's just that I landed up in a terrific capitalist system. One that pays people who allocate capital extraordinarily well. Intrinsically, I'm… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Investors should remember that excitement and expenses are their enemies. And if they insist on trying to time their participation in equities,… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I mean there is no capital requirements to it or anything of the sort. And basically, I said there were possibly financial… — Warren Buffett Bears Copy Share Image
I have never been able to understand why the tax comes as such a body blow to many people since the rate… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
On his Giving Pledge philanthropy: The way I got the message out was to get a copy of FORBES, look down that… — Warren Buffett Art making Copy Share Image
Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. — Warren Buffett Flower Copy Share Image
I always invest in companies an idiot could run, because one day one will. — Warren Buffett Company Copy Share Image
The good thing is, we have household formation in this country. — Warren Buffett Country Copy Share Image
I really like my life. I've arranged my life so that I can do what I want. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
There is nothing like writing to force you to think and get your thoughts straight. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Diversification may preserve wealth, but concentration builds wealth. — Warren Buffett Concentration Copy Share Image
Continually challenge and be willing to amend your best loved ideas. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image