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 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
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
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 look for businesses in which I think I can predict what they're going to look like in ten to fifteen years… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
You can't help some increase from this point. I don't want any viewer to go away think a magic wand exists in… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Shares are not mere pieces of paper. They represent part ownership of a business. So, when contemplating an investment, think like a… — 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
In a bull market, one must avoid the error of the preening duck that quacks boastfully after a torrential rainstorm, thinking that… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
You should be unconcerned about short-term price action when you own the securities directly, just as you were unconcerned when you owned… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I think the oversight is great, and I think that oversight ought to be devoted almost entirely to the question is this… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Who would think of buying or selling a private business because of someone's guess on the stock market? The availability of a… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I've already written a section in the annual report for next year explaining why I think in one case that the figures… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
You ought to be able to explain why you’re taking the job you’re taking, why you’re making the investment you’re making, or… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
[W]e think the very term 'value investing' is redundant. What is 'investing' if it is not the act of seeking value at… — 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
I've learned mainly by reading myself. So I don't think I have any original ideas. Certainly, I talk about reading Graham. I've… — 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
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
“Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful.” — Warren Buffett Copy Share
Making money isn't the backbone of our guiding purpose; it is the by-product of our guiding purpose. — Warren Buffett Copy Share
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
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
It is better to point out your own mistakes than have somebody else do it. — Warren Buffett Copy Share
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
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
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
The reaction of weak management to weak operations is often weak accounting. — Warren Buffett Copy Share
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
I don't measure my life by the money I've made. Other people might, but certainly don't. — Warren Buffett Copy Share
I mean the truth is, I've never had it so good in terms of taxes. I am paying the lowest tax rate that I've… — Warren Buffett Copy Share
The most important quality for an investor is temperament, not intellect. You need a temperament that neither derives great pleasure from being with the… — Warren Buffett Copy Share
Investors, of course, can, by their own behavior make stock ownership highly risky. And many do. Active trading, attempts to "time" market movements, inadequate… — Warren Buffett Copy Share
![“[W]e think the very term 'value investing' is redundant. What is 'investing' if it is not the act of seeking value at least sufficient to justify the amount paid? Consciously paying more for a stock than its calculated value -- in the hope that it can soon be sold for a still-higher price…” quote by Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62b/warren-buffett-183_amount_w-e-think-the-very-term-value-investing_1594487.png)
