The power of unconditional love. I mean, there is no power on earth like unconditional love. — Warren Buffett Earth Copy Share Image
The woman that comes in, takes the wastebasket away, she's paying 15.3 or whatever it is on payroll tax alone. I mean… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Money to some extent sometimes let you be in more interesting environments. But it can't change how many people love you or… — Warren Buffett Can't change Copy Share Image
People always ask me where they should go to work, and I always tell them to go to work for whom they… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I did not think I would see the day when, you know, an AIG would not be able to have its checks… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The rest of the world really likes our stuff pretty well. It's just we buy so damn much of what they produce. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Charlie and I have a number of filters that things have to get through before we'll think about them. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I don't know that I could draw one that's perfect. But I'd rather by approximately right than precisely wrong, and it would… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
What an investor needs is the ability to correctly evaluate selected businesses. Note that word “selected”: You don't have to be an… — Warren Buffett Ability Copy Share Image
It isn't given to man to be able to run a financial institution where different interest-rate scenarios will prevail on all of… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
You're neither right nor wrong because other people agree with you. You're right because your facts are right and your reasoning is… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Investors... can't pick stocks that are better than average. Stocks are a good thing to own over time. There's only two things… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
But 300 million Americans, their lending institutions, their government, their media, all believed that house prices were going to go up consistently.… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I think you are out of your mind if you keep taking jobs that you don't like because you think it will… — Warren Buffett Age Copy Share Image
The latter qualification brings to mind a fellow who applied for a job and stated he had twenty years of experience-which was… — Warren Buffett Employers Copy Share Image
Would you rather be the world's greatest lover, but have everyone think you're the world's worst lover? Or would you rather be… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price. — Warren Buffett Business Copy Share Image
One’s objective should be to get it right, get it quick, get it out and get it over. Your problem won’t improve… — Warren Buffett Age Copy Share Image
Every day that goes by, I mean, if you don't react to Pearl Harbor for a week or two weeks or three… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Interest rates are to asset prices what gravity is to the apple. When there are low interest rates, there is a very… — Warren Buffett Apples Copy Share Image
In my view, [the trade deficit] will create political turmoil at some point...Pretty soon, I think there will be a big adjustment. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
We set no volume goals in our insurance business generally-and certainly not in reinsurance-as virtually any volume can be achieved if profitability… — Warren Buffett Business Copy Share Image
Intrinsic value can be defined simply: It is the discounted value of the cash that can be taken out of a business… — Warren Buffett Business Copy Share Image
The obligation of a society as prosperous as ours is to figure out how nobody gets left too far behind. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I tell college students, when you get to be my age you will be successful if the people who you hope to… — Warren Buffett Age Copy Share Image
Outstanding long-term results are produced primarily by avoiding dumb decisions, rather than by making brilliant ones. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
We can afford to lose money - even a lot of money. But we can't afford to lose reputation - even a… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective. — Warren Buffett Behavior Copy Share Image
When we went crazy, and we did go crazy on residential real estate, it set things in motion that just - the… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I've often felt there might be more to be gained by studying business failures than business successes. — Warren Buffett Business Copy Share Image
Time is your friend, impulse is your enemy. Take advantage of compound interest and don't be captivated by the siren song of… — Warren Buffett Advantage Copy Share Image
I am a better investor because I am a businessman, and a better businessman because I am no investor. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I mean, you may be very mad at some guy that walked away with a huge golden parachute, but that really isn't… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
We believe that according the name 'investors' to institutions that trade actively is like calling someone who repeatedly engages in one-night stands… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
When forced to choose, I will not trade even a night's sleep for the chance of extra profits. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Great investment opportunities come around when excellent companies are surrounded by unusual circumstances that cause the stock to be misappraised. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
We do not view the company itself as the ultimate owner of our business assets but instead view the company as a… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
You shouldn't own common stocks if a 50 per cent decrease in their value in a short period of time would cause… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
First, many in Wall Street - a community in which quality control is not prized - will sell investors anything they will… — Warren Buffett Community Copy Share Image
Confidence is key. You're not going to put your money - you're not going to leave your money with me unless you're… — Warren Buffett Confidence Copy Share Image