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
You’d get very rich if you thought of yourself as having a card with only twenty punches in a lifetime, and every… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
In that, we agreed with Andrew Carnegie, who said that huge fortunes that flow in large part from society should in large… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Our leaders have asked for 'shared sacrifice.' But when they did the asking, they spared me. I checked with my mega-rich friends… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The rich are always going to say that, you know, just give us more money and we'll go out and spend more… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I always knew I was going to be rich. I don't think I ever doubted it for a minute. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
If book knowledge made great investors, than the librarians would all be rich. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
If you're extremely rich, and you have got children, my theory was, you give them enough so they can do anything, but… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
While the poor and middle class fight for us in Afghanistan, and while most Americans struggle to make ends meet, we mega-rich… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Never give up searching for the job that you’re passionate about. Try to find the job you’d have if you were independently… — 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
If you owe money, you can't pay them out. You just pay for everything, you do smart things, you eventually get very… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
You can't stand to see your neighbor getting rich. You know you're smarter than he is and he's doing these things and… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
If knowing history made you rich, librarians would be billionaires. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
A very rich person should leave his kids enough to do anything, but not enough to do nothing. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
In the end, alchemy, whether it is metallurgical or financial, fails. A base business can not be transformed into a golden business… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I do not believe in inheriting your position in society based on which womb you come from... I think a rich person… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
“I will tell you the secret to getting rich on Wall Street. You try to be greedy when others are fearful. And… — 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
Well, I think the biggest mistake is not learning the habits of saving properly early. Because saving is a habit. And then,… — 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
