Should Quotes by Warren Buffett

You should invest like a Catholic marries: for life.

— Warren Buffett

You should look at stocks as small pieces of business.

— Warren Buffett

People should always know better.

— Warren Buffett

A Company should be viewed as an unfolding movie, not as a still photograph

— Warren Buffett

The less prudence with which others conduct their affairs, the greater the prudence with which we should conduct our own affairs.

— Warren Buffett

An investor should act as though he had a lifetime decision card with just twenty punches on it.

— Warren Buffett

To be successful, you should concentrate on the world of companies, not arcane accounting mathematics.

— Warren Buffett

Lethargy, bordering on sloth should remain the cornerstone of an investment style.

— Warren Buffett

People always should know better. People don't get - they don't get smarter about things that get as basic as greed.

— Warren Buffett

I do know that when I am 60, I should be attempting to achieve different personal goals than those which had priority…

— Warren Buffett

You should invest in a business that even a fool can run, because someday a fool will.

— Warren Buffett

I think the biggest thing we need is to unclog the credit markets, and we may need another stimulus - if we…

— Warren Buffett

I would push purchasing power - you push out $1,000 of purchasing to those people, it's going to get - it's going…

— Warren Buffett

The .350 hitter expects, and also deserves, a big payoff for his performance - even if he plays for a cellar-dwelling team.…

— Warren Buffett

As an investor with small capital, one should prefer businesses that have high returns on capital and that require little incremental investment…

— Warren Buffett

SUPPOSE that an investor you admire and trust comes to you with an investment idea. This is a good one, he says…

— Warren Buffett

Only those who will be sellers of equities in the near future should be happy at seeing stocks rise. Prospective purchasers should…

— Warren Buffett

Investors should remember that excitement and expenses are their enemies. And if they insist on trying to time their participation in equities,…

— Warren Buffett

Anyone who believes a growth rate in excess of 15% per annum over the long term is attainable should pursue a career…

— Warren Buffett

The strategy we've adopted precludes our following standard diversification dogma. Many pundits would therefore say the strategy must be riskier than that…

— Warren Buffett

The great personal fortunes in the country weren't built on a portfolio of fifty companies. They were built by someone who identified…

— Warren Buffett

Investors should remember that their scorecard is not computed using Olympic-diving methods: Degree-of-difficulty doesn't count. If you are right about a business…

— Warren Buffett

Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. The person sitting in the shade now…

— Warren Buffett

[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

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

I mean you know at midnight everything is going to turn to pumpkins and mice; right? But if the evening goes along,…

— Warren Buffett

If anything, taxes for the lower and middle class and maybe even the upper middle class should even probably be cut further.…

— Warren Buffett

People always ask me where they should go to work, and I always tell them to go to work for whom they…

— Warren Buffett

I think that actually people in my situation should be paying more tax.

— Warren Buffett

A single year's performance is of minor importance and, good or bad, should never be taken seriously.

— Warren Buffett

Things you like to do should be a hobby of yours, but things the world does should be a business of yours.

— Warren Buffett

Investors should remember that excitement and expenses are their enemies.

— Warren Buffett

A very rich person should leave his kids enough to do anything, but not enough to do nothing.

— Warren Buffett

One’s objective should be to get it right, get it quick, get it out and get it over. Your problem won’t improve…

— Warren Buffett

Investment decision should be made on the basis of the most probable compounding of after-tax net worth with minimum risk.

— Warren Buffett

If you want to shoot rare, fast-moving elephants, you should always carry a loaded gun.

— Warren Buffett

I am not in the business of predicting general stock market of business fluctuations. If you think I can do this, or…

— Warren Buffett

An investor should ordinarily hold a small piece of an outstanding business with the same tenacity that an owner would exhibit if…

— Warren Buffett

I think the rest of the country should be paying less, the 95 percent that [Barack] Obama talks about or maybe even…

— Warren Buffett

Our future rates of gain will fall far short of those achieved in the past. Berkshire's capital base is now simply too…

— Warren Buffett