“You do things when the opportunities come along. I've had periods in my life when I've had a bundle of ideals come… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
We will prosper or suffer in controlled investments in relation to the operating performances of our businesses - we will not attempt… — Warren Buffett Business Copy Share Image
You know, people talk about this being an uncertain time. You know, all time is uncertain. I mean, it was uncertain back… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
We say we are trying to buy into businesses with excellent economics, run by honest and able people at a decent price.… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in… — Warren Buffett American business Copy Share Image
We need a tax system that essentially takes very good care of the people who just really aren't as well adapted to… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
We intend to continue our practice of working only with people whom we like and admire. This policy not only maximizes our… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The speed at which a business success is recognized, furthermore, is not that important as long as the company's intrinsic value is… — Warren Buffett Advantage Copy Share Image
In my opinion, the entire field of investment management, involving hundreds of billions of dollars, would be more satisfactorily conducted if everyone… — Warren Buffett Ability Copy Share Image
You’d get very rich if you thought of yourself as having a card with only twenty punches in a lifetime, and every… — Warren Buffett Big decisions Copy Share Image
Our marketable equities tell us by their operating results - not by their daily, or even yearly, price quotations - whether our… — Warren Buffett Business success Copy Share Image
Our approach is very much profiting from lack of change rather than from change. With Wrigley chewing gum, it's the lack of… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I don't have my diploma from the University of Nebraska hanging on my office wall, and I don't have my diploma from… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
“There comes a time when you ought to start doing what you want. Take a job that you love. You will jump… — Warren Buffett Old age Copy Share Image
One of the ironies of the stock market is the emphasis on activity. Brokers, using terms such as 'marketability' and 'liquidity,' sing… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
We've used derivatives for many, many years. I don't think derivatives are evil, per se, I think they are dangerous. ...So we… — Warren Buffett Attention Copy Share Image
Asset-heavy businesses generally earn low rates of return - rates that often barely provide enough capital to fund the inflationary needs of… — Warren Buffett Acquisition Copy Share Image
I mean, you can explain the fact that these are depressed prices, you know. We think these assets are going to be… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
If this is a war, my side has the nuclear bomb. We have K Street. We have Wall Street. Debbie doesn't have… — Warren Buffett Atheism Copy Share Image
AIG would be doing fine today. It was one of the ten largest companies in the United States in terms of market… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
“If you see somebody with even reasonable intelligence and a terrific passion for what they do and who can get people around… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Observing that the market was FREQUENTLY efficient, EMT Adherents went on to conclude incorrectly that it was ALWAYS efficient. The difference between… — Warren Buffett Customer Copy Share Image
Take the probability of loss times the amount of possible loss from the probability of gain times the amount of possible gain.… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Well, I think the biggest mistake is not learning the habits of saving properly early. Because saving is a habit. And then,… — Warren Buffett Biggest mistake Copy Share Image
Investors making purchases in an overheated market need to recognize that it may often take an extended period for the value of… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Having a large amount of leverage is like driving a car with a dagger on the steering wheel pointed at your heart.… — Warren Buffett Accidents Copy Share Image
The financial calculus that Charlie and I employ would never permit our trading a good night's sleep for a shot at a… — Warren Buffett Calculus Copy Share Image
When we really sit back with a smile on our face is when we run into a situation we can understand, where… — Warren Buffett Action Copy Share Image
It's very important that the determination of the US Congress to do what is is needed be made evident this week and… — Warren Buffett Action Copy Share Image
You do things when the opportunities come along. I've had periods in my life when I've had a bundle of ideas come… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I will do anything that is basically covered by the law to reduce Berkshire's tax rate. For example, on wind energy, we… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I was lucky to have the right heroes. Tell me who your heroes are and I'll tell you how you'll turn out… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Mark Zuckerberg will be a hero to many young entrepreneurs 20 years from now. Bill Gates will be a hero to others,… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
You should be unconcerned about short-term price action when you own the securities directly, just as you were unconcerned when you owned… — Warren Buffett Action Copy Share Image
As of 1992, in fact-though the picture would have improved since then-the money that had been made since the dawn of aviation… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The time to buy stocks is consistently over time. You should never buy your investments with the idea, 'I have to get… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Long ago, Ben Graham taught me that "Price is what you pay; value is what you get." Whether we're talking about socks… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
In a bull market, one must avoid the error of the preening duck that quacks boastfully after a torrential rainstorm, thinking that… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
If you've got the power to raise prices without losing business to a competitor, you've got a very good business. And if… — Warren Buffett Business Copy Share Image
Economic medicine that was previously meted out by the cupful has recently been dispensed by the barrel. These once unthinkable dosages will… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image