SUPPOSE that an investor you admire and trust comes to you with an investment idea. This is a good one, he says… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
If you can't communicate and talk to other people and get across your ideas, you're giving up your potential. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Continually challenge and be willing to amend your best loved ideas. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
You do things when the opportunities come along. I've had periods in my life when I've had a bundle of ideas come… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The time to buy stocks is consistently over time. You should never buy your investments with the idea, 'I have to get… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Charlie and I decided long ago that in an investment lifetime, it's too hard to make hundreds of smart decisions. That judgment… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Working with people who cause your stomach to churn seems much like marrying for money - probably a bad idea under any… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Investment ideas, like women are often more exciting than punctual. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
If I got any good ideas out of that or I think they're good ideas, I'll be glad to contribute them but… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Yeah, we don't consider many stupid things. I mean, we get rid of 'em fast...Just getting rid of the nonsense -- just… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I have no idea on timing. It’s easier to tell what will happen than when it will happen. I would say that… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I've learned mainly by reading myself. So I don't think I have any original ideas. Certainly, I talk about reading Graham. I've… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
it's a good idea to review past mistakes before committing new ones. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Our investments continue to be few in number and simple in concept: The truly big investment idea can usually be explained in… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The idea that you try to time purchases based on what you think business is going to do in the next year… — 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