It’s not that I want money. It’s the fun of making money and watching it grow. — Warren Buffett Fun Copy Share Image
Well, it may be all right in practice, but it will never work in theory — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
If you have a harem of 40 women, you never get to know any of them very well. — Warren Buffett Feminism Copy Share Image
... the best way to own common stocks is through an index fund. — Warren Buffett Active management Copy Share Image
I think any time you couple the term "Wall Street" with "bailout" or something like that, you know - I don't like… — Warren Buffett Bailouts Copy Share Image
Buy companies with strong histories of profitability and with a dominant business franchise. — Warren Buffett Business Copy Share Image
Making money isn't the backbone of our guiding purpose; it is the by-product of our guiding purpose. — Warren Buffett Backbone Copy Share Image
Asking for financial advice from a financial planner is like asking a barber if you need a hair cut. — Warren Buffett Advice Copy Share Image
The truth is, everything that has happened in my life... that I thought was a crushing event at the time, has turned… — Warren Buffett Crush Copy Share Image
Knowing the edge of your competency is important. If you think you know more than you do, you will get in trouble. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I mean, you know, you're not going to change the human animal. And the human animal really doesn't get a lot smarter. — Warren Buffett Animal Copy Share Image
As one of my older friends says, "Nostalgia just isn't what it used to be." Let's take a stab at it, anyway. — Warren Buffett Friendship Copy Share Image
Nevertheless, as circumstances presently appear, I feel substantially greater size is more likely to harm future results than to help them. This… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I have pledged - to you, the rating agencies and myself - to always run Berkshire with more than ample cash. We… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
“I could end the deficit in five minutes. You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of… — Warren Buffett Congress Copy Share Image
Our policy is to concentrate holdings. We try to avoid buying a little of this or that when we are only lukewarm… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I do not believe in inheriting your position in society based on which womb you come from... I think a rich person… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
In the 20th century, the United States endured two world wars and other traumatic and expensive military conflicts; the Depression; a dozen… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
We always see shifts in employment. If you think about it, if you go back to 1800, it took 80 percent of… — Warren Buffett Country Copy Share Image
A pin lies in wait for every bubble. And when the two eventually meet, a new wave of investors learns some very… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
It makes no difference to a widow with her savings in a 5 percent passbook account whether she pays 100 percent income… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
But, surprise - none of these blockbuster events made the slightest dent in Ben Graham's investment principles. Nor did they render unsound… — Warren Buffett Apprehension Copy Share Image
If some institution wants to sell you a billion dollars worth of mortgages, they might have to sell 100 million in the… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I have got this letter which actually goes out the day after I die. It has already been written. And it says… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
“When I was sixteen, I had just two things on my mind - girls and cars. I wasn't very good with girls.… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
[Economy] is flat on the floor, and the paramedics have arrived. And they shouldn't argue about whether they put the resuscitation equipment… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I wouldn't want to manufacture cigarettes. But if I owned - we do own Costco. Do they sell them? Yes. So I… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Generally speaking, investing in yourself is the best thing you can do. Anything that improves your own talents; nobody can tax it… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image