We've been in a recession, by any common sense definition, because if you look at the American public, they've got 20 billion… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
If some institution wants to sell you a billion dollars worth of mortgages, they might have to sell 100 million in the… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I think that they hoped the private sector would come in. And the private sector tried to come in until they saw… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I’ve worked in an economy that rewards someone who saves the lives of others on a battlefield with a medal, rewards a… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
It will be good for us in the long run, and I mean there are, you know, six and a half billion… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I’ve worked in an economy that rewards someone who saves the lives of others on a battlefield with a medal, rewards a… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
If you gave me $100 billion and said take away the soft drink leadership of Coca-Cola in the world, I'd give it… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Somebody's buying these treasury bills at 1/20th of one percent. Consuming about $2 billion a day of goods and services beyond what… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
When Berkshire Hathaway laid out three billion dollars for GE today, we didn't spend it, we invested it. When the Federal government… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I'm sitting with six and a half billion dollars we're going to use to close the Mars-Wrigley deal on October 6. I've… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Just look at that Forbes 400. Takes a billion three to get on the Forbes 400 this year. And the aggregate wealth… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
That would be nice if [people] stuck [treasury bills] all under a mattress, but they got to buy something with them. Sometimes… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
There is one thing of which I can assure you. If good performance of the fund is even a minor objective, any… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I never buy anything unless I can fill out on a piece of paper my reasons. I may be wrong, but I… — Warren Buffett 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
In my opinion, the entire field of investment management, involving hundreds of billions of dollars, would be more satisfactorily conducted if everyone… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
When 40 billion of treasury bills are sold like, seven day treasury bills, at a yield of 1/20th of one percent, that… — 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
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