To invest successfully over a lifetime does not require a stratospheric IQ, unusual business insights, or inside information. What's needed is a… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Writing checks to the IRS that include strings of zeros does not bother me ... Overall, we feel extraordinarily lucky to have… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
When people talk about cash being king, it's not king if it just sits there and never does anything. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
In the search [of a deal], we adopt the same attitude one might find appropriate in looking for a spouse: It pays… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
It's going to be tough because the economy is going to be getting worse for a while. And it might fall off… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I find that the standard of living does not go up in proportion with the cost of living. The trick in life… — 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 Copy Share Image
Would your reply possibly be this? Well, it all depends on what my tax rate will be on the gain you're saying… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
As far as you are concerned, the stock market does not exist. Ignore it. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The [stock] market,like the Lord, helps those who help themselves. But, unlike the Lord, the market does not forgive those who know… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Managers thinking about accounting issues should never forget one of Abraham Lincoln's favorite riddles: How many legs does a dog have, if… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
We want to use cash. The reason we haven't used our cash two years ago, we just didn't find things that were… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Things you like to do should be a hobby of yours, but things the world does should be a business of yours. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Like most trends, at the beginning it's driven by fundamentals, at some point speculation takes over. What the wise man does in… — 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