Only buy something that you'd be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for 10 years. — Warren Buffett Investing Copy Share Image
Consciously paying more for a stock than its calculated value - in the hope that it can soon be sold for a… — Warren Buffett Customer Copy Share Image
The Lord blesses you and keeps you; the Lord makes His face shines upon you and be gracious to you; the lord… — Warren Buffett God Copy Share Image
Personally, I really hope I can treat everyone equally. I think I have done a pretty good job so far but I… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I think the most important factor in getting out of the recession actually is just the regenerative capacity of - of American… — Warren Buffett American capitalism Copy Share Image
Investing in a market where people believe in efficiency is like playing bridge with someone who has been told it doesn't do… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Things you like to do should be a hobby of yours, but things the world does should be a business of yours. — Warren Buffett Business Copy Share Image
Basically, the single-most important decision in evaluating a business is pricing power. — Warren Buffett Business Copy Share Image
In earlier years, a lesser effort produced literally dozens of comparable opportunities. It is difficult to be objective about the causes for… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
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
What motivates most gold purchasers is their belief that the ranks of the fearful will grow ... As 'bandwagon' investors join any… — Warren Buffett Bandwagon Copy Share Image
You can't help some increase from this point. I don't want any viewer to go away think a magic wand exists in… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Our leaders have asked for 'shared sacrifice.' But when they did the asking, they spared me. I checked with my mega-rich friends… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Investors should be skeptical of history-based models. Constructed by a nerdy-sounding priesthood using esoteric terms such as beta, gamma, sigma and the… — Warren Buffett Assumption Copy Share Image
My rather puritanical view is that any investment manager, whether operating as broker, investment counselor of a trust department, investment company, etc.,… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
If you invested in a very low cost index fund - where you don't put the money in at one time, but… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
There is seldom just one cockroach in the kitchen. You know, you turn on the light and, all of sudden, they all… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Over the years, a number of very smart people have learned the hard way that a long string of impressive numbers multiplied… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The best business returns are usually achieved by companies that are doing something quite similar today to what they were doing five… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Trust is like the air we breathe--when it's present, nobody really notices; when it's absent, everybody notices. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
If we have a strength, it is in recognizing when we are operating well within our circle of competence and when we… — Warren Buffett Circles Copy Share Image
“Reading could be the BEST addiction one could have. The only proven side effect is imagination & an edge in knowledge.” — Warren Buffett Addiction 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
A single year's performance is of minor importance and, good or bad, should never be taken seriously. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
A newspaper that reduces its coverage of the news important to its community is certain to reduce its readership as well — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
We've actually been pretty good on exports. I mean we are exporting 12% of our GDP now roughly. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
He must never forget Charlie's plea: Tell me where I'm going to die, so I'll never go there. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
John Maynard Keynes essentially said, don't try and figure out what the market is doing. Figure out a business you understand, and… — Warren Buffett Business Copy Share Image
I'd rather have a $10 million business making 15 per cent than a $100 million business making 5 per cent. — Warren Buffett Business Copy Share Image
If you expect to continue to purchase stocks throughout your life, you should welcome price declines as a way to add stocks… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Never count on making a good sale. Have the purchase price be so attractive that even a mediocre sale gives good results. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
You are lucky in life if you have the right heroes. I advise all of you, to the extent you can, to… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Having first rate people on the team is more important than designing hierarchies and clarifying who reports to whom. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
If you don't feel comfortable owning something for 10 years, then don't own it for 10 minutes. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Do what you would do for free, having passion for what you do is the most important thing. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
“Wall Street is the only place that people drive to in a Rolls Royce to take advice from people who ride the… — Warren Buffett Customer Copy Share Image
I don't look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful. — Warren Buffett Fear Copy Share Image
It is to our advantage to have securities do nothing price-wise for months, or perhaps years, while we are buying them. — Warren Buffett Advantage Copy Share Image
If you owe money, you can't pay them out. You just pay for everything, you do smart things, you eventually get very… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
