House prices just soared beyond - beyond reason in many places and they got financed in silly ways, and people lied about… — 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
I have a house that I bought 55 years ago. It's warm in the winter; it's cool in the summer. It has… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I don't need 15 houses. Owning real estate doesn't mean much to me. I don't like to think about things like that.… — 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
When the president of the United States goes out at, you know, 8:00 o'clock in the morning and then his own party… — 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
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
