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> [Buffett was a billionaire who drove his own car, did his own taxes, and still lived in a home he had bought in 1958 for $31,500. He seemed to answer to a deeply rooted, distinctly American mythology, in which decency…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-lowenstein/buffett-was-a-billionaire-who-drove-his-own-car-did-his-own-taxes-and/)

[Roger Lowenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-lowenstein/)

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> [Buffett does enjoy being a billionaire, but in offbeat ways. As he put it, though money cannot change your health or how many people love you, it lets you be in 'more interesting environments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-lowenstein/buffett-does-enjoy-being-a-billionaire-but-in-offbeat-ways-as-he-put/)

[Roger Lowenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-lowenstein/)

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## More by Roger Lowenstein

> [In seventy years, Russia’s Communists had not succeeded in dealing markets such a telling blow as did its deadbeat capitalists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-lowenstein/in-seventy-years-russia-s-communists-had-not-succeeded-in-dealing/)

[Roger Lowenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-lowenstein/)

> [“As Fama put it, “Life always has a fat tail.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-lowenstein/as-fama-put-it-life-always-has-a-fat-tail/)

[Roger Lowenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-lowenstein/)

> [The modern spirit is a hesitant one. Spontaneity has given way to cautious legalisms, and the age of heroes has been superseded by a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-lowenstein/the-modern-spirit-is-a-hesitant-one-spontaneity-has-given-way-to/)

[Roger Lowenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-lowenstein/)

> [“A year earlier, no company had been accorded more faith than Enron; by late November, none was trusted less. And so, a gasping gurgle,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-lowenstein/a-year-earlier-no-company-had-been-accorded-more-faith-than-enron-by/)

[Roger Lowenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-lowenstein/)

> [“His talent sprang from his unrivaled independence of mind and ability to focus on his work and shut out the world, yet those same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-lowenstein/his-talent-sprang-from-his-unrivaled-independence-of-mind-and-ability/)

[Roger Lowenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-lowenstein/)

> [Buffett's uncommon urge to chronicle made him a unique character in American life, not only a great capitalist but the Great Explainer of American…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-lowenstein/buffett-s-uncommon-urge-to-chronicle-made-him-a-unique-character-in/)

[Roger Lowenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-lowenstein/)

> [“The book is worth reading, in part because it is enjoyable to read of other people's folly, not to mention their avarice and stupidity."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-lowenstein/the-book-is-worth-reading-in-part-because-it-is-enjoyable-to-read-of/)

[Roger Lowenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-lowenstein/)

> [Buffett's methodology was straightforward, and in that sense 'simple.' It was not simple in the sense of being easy to execute. Valuing companies such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-lowenstein/buffett-s-methodology-was-straightforward-and-in-that-sense-simple-it/)

[Roger Lowenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-lowenstein/)

> [Buffett was a billionaire who drove his own car, did his own taxes, and still lived in a home he had bought in 1958…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-lowenstein/buffett-was-a-billionaire-who-drove-his-own-car-did-his-own-taxes-and/)

[Roger Lowenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-lowenstein/)

> [Buffett’s genius was largely a genius of character—of patience, discipline, and rationality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-lowenstein/buffett-s-genius-was-largely-a-genius-of-character-of-patience/)

[Roger Lowenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-lowenstein/)

> [“Bundy sternly tool his fellow endowment fund managers to task - not for being too bold, but for being insufficiently so: We have the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-lowenstein/bundy-sternly-tool-his-fellow-endowment-fund-managers-to-task-not-for/)

[Roger Lowenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-lowenstein/)

> [ Buffett found it 'extraordinary' that academics studied such things. They studied what was measurable, rather than what was meaningful. 'As a friend \[Charlie Munger\]… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-lowenstein/buffett-found-it-extraordinary-that-academics-studied-such-things/)

[Roger Lowenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-lowenstein/)

> [Buffett does enjoy being a billionaire, but in offbeat ways. As he put it, though money cannot change your health or how many people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-lowenstein/buffett-does-enjoy-being-a-billionaire-but-in-offbeat-ways-as-he-put/)

[Roger Lowenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-lowenstein/)

> [“Hewlett-Packard is somewhat riskier than GE; Amazon.com, riskier still.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-lowenstein/hewlett-packard-is-somewhat-riskier-than-ge-amazon-com-riskier-still/)

[Roger Lowenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-lowenstein/)

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