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
I've never been very fully employed either but just think of what it's like, you know, to go home with a mortgage… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
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
Cash, though, is to a business as oxygen is to an individual: never thought about when it is present, the only thing… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
A home is one of the most important assets that most people will ever buy. Homes are also where memories are made… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
With housing it's something even more dramatic than that, because most people aspire to own their own home.If you really think that… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
When bills come due, only cash is legal tender. Don't leave home without it. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
If I knew where I was going to want to live the next five or 10 years I would buy a home… — 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
