We try to exert a Ted Williams kind of discipline. In his book The Science of Hitting, Ted explains that he carved… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Every day that goes by, I mean, if you don't react to Pearl Harbor for a week or two weeks or three… — 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
The same things happen to quite an extent around the globe. I mean, the European banks were doing what the American banks… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I mean, you may be very mad at some guy that walked away with a huge golden parachute, but that really isn't… — 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
Just imagine living on 21,000 a year. I mean you have 20 percent of the population doing that. So you don't have… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
There are all kinds of businesses that Charlie and I don't understand, but that doesn't cause us to stay up at night.… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I mean, if Pearl Harbor came along, you could have said the planning was wrong by the military ahead of time or… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I think that both parties should declare the debt limit as a political weapon of mass destruction which can't be used. I… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I mean, we'll be pounding on the guy's chest, you know, on the floor, and you know, he's not going to just… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
When 40 billion of treasury bills are sold like, seven day treasury bills, at a yield of 1/20th of one percent, that… — 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
I am out of step with present conditions. When the game is no longer played your way, it is only human to… — 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
