Everybody's got a different circle of competence. The important thing is not how big the circle is. The important thing is staying… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I've read about all the sales today. If you're an auto dealer, you're feeling it. If you're a furniture retailer like we… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I don't want to hold out false hopes that the - by some magic moment, that things will turn around in a… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Good big decisions do not take time at all, if they do you are in trouble. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
If you were at Lehman, the same thing happened. If you were at AIG, the shareholders are getting creamed on these things.… — Warren Buffett 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 Copy Share Image
Charlie [Munger] and I are not big fans of resumes. Instead, we focus on brains, passion and integrity. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Sound investing can make you very wealthy if you're not in too big a hurry — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
You're dealing with a lot of silly people in the marketplace; it's like a great big casino and everyone else is boozing.… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
We're perfectly willing to trade away a big payoff for a certain payoff. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The important thing is to keep playing, to play against weak opponents and to play for big stakes. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The .350 hitter expects, and also deserves, a big payoff for his performance - even if he plays for a cellar-dwelling team.… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The big question about how people behave is whether they've got an Inner Scorecard or an Outer Scorecard. It helps if you… — Warren Buffett 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
... but the important thing is that when you do find one where you really do know what you are doing, you… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
An investor needs to do very few things right as long as he or she avoids big mistakes. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
You could take all the gold that's ever been mined, and it would fill a cube 67 feet in each direction. For… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
It's a big mistake to try and mislead people. They will turn around. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Our investments continue to be few in number and simple in concept: The truly big investment idea can usually be explained in… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
If you get to my age in life and nobody thinks well of you, I don't care how big your bank account… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
To invest successfully over a lifetime does not require a stratospheric IQ, unusual business insights, or inside information. What's needed is a sound intellectual… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
“Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful.” — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Making money isn't the backbone of our guiding purpose; it is the by-product of our guiding purpose. — 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 standards are… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Everybody's got a different circle of competence. The important thing is not how big the circle is. The important thing is staying inside the… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
It is better to point out your own mistakes than have somebody else do it. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I've read about all the sales today. If you're an auto dealer, you're feeling it. If you're a furniture retailer like we are, you're… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I was lucky enough to be born in a time and place where society values my talent, and gave me a good education to… — 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 want to… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The reaction of weak management to weak operations is often weak accounting. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
What you really want to do in investments is figure out what's important and knowable. If it's unimportant or unknowable you forget about it. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I don't measure my life by the money I've made. Other people might, but certainly don't. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image