I don't measure my life by the money I've made. Other people might, but certainly don't. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I made my first investment at age eleven. I was wasting my life up until then. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I bought a company in the mid-'90s called Dexter Shoe and paid $400 million for it. And it went to zero. And… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
An argument is made that there are just too many question marks about the near future; wouldn't it be better to wait… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
It's very important that the determination of the US Congress to do what is is needed be made evident this week and… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
We have usually made our best purchases when apprehensions about some macro event were at a peak. Fear is the foe of… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
If book knowledge made great investors, than the librarians would all be rich. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
At Berkshire, I both initiate and monitor every derivatives contract on our books ... If Berkshire ever gets in trouble, it will… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
As I have mentioned before, we cannot make the same sort of money out of permanent ownership of controlled businesses that can… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Well, one time some attractive woman sat next to Charlie and asked him what he owed his success to, and, unfortunately, she… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
This country is going - be living better ten years from now than it is now. It will be living better in… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The real fortunes in this country have been made by people who have been right about the business they invested in, and… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
... but the important thing is that when you do find one where you really do know what you are doing, you… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
If knowing history made you rich, librarians would be billionaires. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I've made money over the years by buying into good companies, run by good people, at attractive prices. And I don't try… — 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
As of 1992, in fact-though the picture would have improved since then-the money that had been made since the dawn of aviation… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
We all make mistakes. If you can't make mistakes, you can't make decisions. I've made a lot bigger mistakes myself. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
But, surprise - none of these blockbuster events made the slightest dent in Ben Graham's investment principles. Nor did they render unsound… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Investment decision should be made on the basis of the most probable compounding of after-tax net worth with minimum risk. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I mean, you can explain the fact that these are depressed prices, you know. We think these assets are going to be… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
A lot of great fortunes in the world have been made by owning a single wonderful business. If you understand the business,… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Part of making good decisions in business is recognizing the poor decisions you've made and why they were poor. I've made lots… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The much-maligned idle rich have received a bad rap: They have maintained their wealth while many There is scarcely an instance 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
