There are a few investment managers, of course, who are very good - though in the short run, it's difficult to determine… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
In a difficult business, no sooner is one problem solved than another surfaces - never is there just one cockroach in the… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
In the financial markets I find it easy to predict what will happen and very difficult to predict when it will happen.… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
After 25 years of buying and supervising a great variety of businesses, Charlie [Munger] and I have not learned how to solve… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
In earlier years, a lesser effort produced literally dozens of comparable opportunities. It is difficult to be objective about the causes for… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I am out of step with present conditions. When the game is no longer played your way, it is only human to… — 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
