If you were at Lehman, the same thing happened. If you were at AIG, the shareholders are getting creamed on these things.… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I don't need 15 houses. Owning real estate doesn't mean much to me. I don't like to think about things like that.… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
You're neither right nor wrong because other people agree with you. You're right because your facts are right and your reasoning is… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
There's nothing inappropriate about having debt in America. It's what helped us grow over time. And it's when debt gets out of… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I think the Congress will do the right thing. I think that they've - you know, they got into certain arguments and… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
With a wonderful business, you can figure out what will happen; you can't figure out when it will happen. You don't want… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Just imagine living on 21,000 a year. I mean you have 20 percent of the population doing that. So you don't have… — 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
