If you’re in the luckiest one per cent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
We are trading away a little bit of our country all the time for this access consumption that we have over what… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
So if you are evaluating others (or yourself!) in the investment field, think out some standards - apply them - interpret them. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I think you are out of your mind if you keep taking jobs that you don't like because you think it will… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I have no views as to where it will be, but the one thing I can tell you is it won't do… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
You can be sure that over the next 10 years, you'll see something that you did not think was possible. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
In my view, [the trade deficit] will create political turmoil at some point...Pretty soon, I think there will be a big adjustment. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The only way to get love is to be lovable. It's very irritating if you have a lot of money. You'd like… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I don't think you can have a better secretary of the Treasury than Hank Paulson. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I think it's been, you know, kind of like a tragic play to this point. But at this point, I think it's… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
If you gave me the choice of being CEO of General Electric or IBM or General Motors, you name it, or delivering… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I think any time you couple the term "Wall Street" with "bailout" or something like that, you know - I don't like… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Would you rather be the world's greatest lover, but have everyone think you're the world's worst lover? Or would you rather be… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
If I got any good ideas out of that or I think they're good ideas, I'll be glad to contribute them but… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Charlie and I have a number of filters that things have to get through before we'll think about them. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I think that actually people in my situation should be paying more tax. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Personally, I really hope I can treat everyone equally. I think I have done a pretty good job so far but I… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Like I say, I don't think it'll be done perfectly. Maybe we'll end up with a little bit better [economy] system. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
In our view, though, investment students need only two well-taught courses-How to Value a Business, and How to Think about Market Prices.… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
We have provided capital here with a couple of institutions recently. The Federal government did that in the '30s for the RFC… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I mean you know at midnight everything is going to turn to pumpkins and mice; right? But if the evening goes along,… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The worst sort of business is one that grows rapidly, requires significant capital to engender the growth, and then earns little or… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
It's got to be the best intellectual exercise out there. You're seeing through new situations every ten minutes. In the stock market… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Managers thinking about accounting issues should never forget one of Abraham Lincoln's favorite riddles: How many legs does a dog have, if… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
With housing it's something even more dramatic than that, because most people aspire to own their own home.If you really think that… — 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