All Warren Buffett Quotes
- An IPO is like a negotiated transaction - the seller chooses when to come public - and it's unlikely to be a time that's favourable… Chooses
- Part of making good decisions in business is recognizing the poor decisions you've made and why they were poor. I've made lots of mistakes. I'm… Best
- When you're associating with the people that you love, doing what you love, it doesn't get any better than that. Any
- The (stock) market is there only as a reference point to see if anybody is offering to do anything foolish. When we invest in stocks,… Anybody
- In investing, just as in baseball, to put runs on the scoreboard, one must watch the playing field, not the scoreboard. Baseball
- In the search [of a deal], we adopt the same attitude one might find appropriate in looking for a spouse: It pays to be active,… Active
- You don't need to be an expert in order to achieve satisfactory investment returns. But if you aren't, you must recognize your limitations and follow… Achieve
- Read 500 pages every day. That's how knowledge works. It builds up like compound interest. Builds
- At age 19, I read a book [The Intelligent Investor] and what I'm doing today, at age 76, is running things through the same thought… Age
- If you don't know jewelry, know the jeweler. Funny
- You should invest in a business that even a fool can run, because someday a fool will. Business
- The dumbest reason in the world to buy a stock is because it's going up. Buy
- If you don’t feel comfortable making a rough estimate of the asset’s future earnings, just forget it and move on. No one has the ability… Ability
- Gold has two significant shortcomings, being neither of much use nor procreative. Gold
- Too often, executive compensation in the U.S. is ridiculously out of line with performance. That won't change, moreover, because the deck is stacked against investors… Accommodating
- 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 the world's worst… Everyone
- Lethargy bordering on sloth remains the cornerstone of our investment style. The exception was Wells Fargo, a superbly-managed, high-return banking operation in which we increased… Approval
- We do not view the company itself as the ultimate owner of our business assets but instead view the company as a conduit through which… Assets
- When Berkshire buys common stock, we approach the transaction as if we were buying into a private business. Approach
- Accounting consequences do not influence our operating or capital-allocation decisions. When acquisition costs are similar, we much prefer to purchase $2 of earnings that is… Accounting