I don't measure my life by the money I've made. Other people might, but certainly don't. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The fact that people will be full of greed, fear, or folly is predictable. The sequence is not predictable. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I think the biggest thing we need is to unclog the credit markets, and we may need another stimulus - if we… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
In fact, in my adult lifetime, I don't think I've ever seen people as fearful economically as they are right now. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
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
I would say that life at 84, I am having as much fun as I've ever had in my life. I mean… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Generally, we have translated greater output in the few hours of work per week over the last century. And that's a good… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Money will not change how healthy you are or how many people love you. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
When they get their ego involved, people do things they shouldn't do. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I don't want to hold out false hopes that the - by some magic moment, that things will turn around in a… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
We try to buy businesses with good-to-superb underlying economics run by honest and able people and buy them at sensible prices. That's… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
There's always a mismatch. I mean, you know, as the economy evolves, it reallocates resources. Now, the real problem, in my view,… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I think that they hoped the private sector would come in. And the private sector tried to come in until they saw… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Gold is a way of going long on fear, and it has been a pretty good way of going long on fear… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
It's quite clear that stocks are cheaper than bonds. I can't imagine anybody having bonds in their portfolio when they can own… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
We don't read other people's opinions. We want to get the facts, and then think. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
When people talk about cash being king, it's not king if it just sits there and never does anything. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
[People] have seen the credit market seize up. They're worried about money market funds, although the latest proposition from government should take… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Take Wrigley's Chewing Gum. I don't think the Internet is going to change how people chew gum. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I think you'll have plenty of scrutiny as how the money's invested. I mean, just like the RFC. When the RFC operated,… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I just don't see anything available that gives any reasonable hope of delivering such a good year and I have no desire… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
There are three kinds of people: 1. Innovators. 2. Imitators. 3. Idiots. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
There are three important principles to Graham's approach. [The first is to look at stocks as fractional shares of a business, which]… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
We say we are trying to buy into businesses with excellent economics, run by honest and able people at a decent price.… — 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