But 300 million Americans, their lending institutions, their government, their media, all believed that house prices were going to go up consistently.… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I think the oversight is great, and I think that oversight ought to be devoted almost entirely to the question is this… — 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
We are trading away a little bit of our country all the time for this access consumption that we have over what… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Personally, I really hope I can treat everyone equally. I think I have done a pretty good job so far but I… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Like I say, I don't think it'll be done perfectly. Maybe we'll end up with a little bit better [economy] system. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
When somebody makes it very easy for you to do it by saying you don't really have to put up my money,… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The worst sort of business is one that grows rapidly, requires significant capital to engender the growth, and then earns little or… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
My rather puritanical view is that any investment manager, whether operating as broker, investment counselor of a trust department, investment company, etc.,… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
You've got the right - you've got a wonderful person with Sheila Bair, most of the viewers have never heard of Sheila… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I'm not worried they're all about the investments we make. I mean, listen, this country - we've got $46,000 or $47,000 of… — 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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