Government can't deliver a free lunch to the country as a whole. It can, however, determine who pays for lunch. And last… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
When you listen to tax-cut rhetoric, remember that giving one class of taxpayer a break requires - now or down the line… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Long ago, Sir Isaac Newton gave us three laws of motion, which were the work of genius. But Sir Isaac's talents didn't… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
A prediction about the direction of the stock market tells you nothing about where stocks are headed, but a whole lot about… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
And people really behaved in a fraudulent way or something, we'll go back and find the culprits later on. But that really… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
If you own a wonderful business...the best thing to do is keep it. All you're going to do is trade your wonderful… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Yeah, we don't consider many stupid things. I mean, we get rid of 'em fast...Just getting rid of the nonsense -- just… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I am quite serious when I say that I do not believe there are, on the whole earth besides, so many intensified… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
When 40 billion of treasury bills are sold like, seven day treasury bills, at a yield of 1/20th of one percent, 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
