It's easy to identify many investment managers with great recent records. But past results, though important, do not suffice when prospective performance… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Too often, executive compensation in the U.S. is ridiculously out of line with performance. That won't change, moreover, because the deck is… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
All but a few of the organizations do not specifically promise to deliver superior investment performance although it is perhaps not unreasonable… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The optimum portfolio depends on the various expectations of choices available and the degree of variance in performance which is tolerable. The… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The .350 hitter expects, and also deserves, a big payoff for his performance - even if he plays for a cellar-dwelling team.… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
We will prosper or suffer in controlled investments in relation to the operating performances of our businesses - we will not attempt… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Too often, executive compensation in the U.S. is ridiculously out of line with performance. That won't change, moreover, because the deck is… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
There is one thing of which I can assure you. If good performance of the fund is even a minor objective, any… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
It is obvious that the performance of a stock last year or last month is no reason, per se, to either own… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The fundamental basis of above-average performance in the long run is sustainable competitive advantage. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
A single year's performance is of minor importance and, good or bad, should never be taken seriously. — 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
