Roger Lowenstein

In seventy years, Russia’s Communists had not succeeded in dealing markets such a telling blow as did its deadbeat capitalists.

— Roger Lowenstein

“As Fama put it, “Life always has a fat tail.”

— Roger Lowenstein

The modern spirit is a hesitant one. Spontaneity has given way to cautious legalisms, and the age of heroes has been superseded…

— Roger Lowenstein

“A year earlier, no company had been accorded more faith than Enron; by late November, none was trusted less. And so, a…

— Roger Lowenstein

“His talent sprang from his unrivaled independence of mind and ability to focus on his work and shut out the world, yet…

— Roger Lowenstein

Buffett's uncommon urge to chronicle made him a unique character in American life, not only a great capitalist but the Great Explainer…

— Roger Lowenstein

“The book is worth reading, in part because it is enjoyable to read of other people's folly, not to mention their avarice…

— Roger Lowenstein

Buffett's methodology was straightforward, and in that sense 'simple.' It was not simple in the sense of being easy to execute. Valuing…

— Roger Lowenstein

Buffett was a billionaire who drove his own car, did his own taxes, and still lived in a home he had bought…

— Roger Lowenstein

Buffett’s genius was largely a genius of character—of patience, discipline, and rationality.

— Roger Lowenstein

“Bundy sternly tool his fellow endowment fund managers to task - not for being too bold, but for being insufficiently so: We…

— Roger Lowenstein

Buffett found it 'extraordinary' that academics studied such things. They studied what was measurable, rather than what was meaningful. 'As a friend…

— Roger Lowenstein

Buffett does enjoy being a billionaire, but in offbeat ways. As he put it, though money cannot change your health or how…

— Roger Lowenstein

“Hewlett-Packard is somewhat riskier than GE; Amazon.com, riskier still.”

— Roger Lowenstein