Learning how to live is much more important than learning how to make a living. — Warren Buffett Education Copy Share Image
The only way to be loved is to be loveable, which really irritates me. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Do not save what is left after spending, but spend what is left after saving. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I know the country works extremely well. You know, but when it isn't clogged up. — Warren Buffett Country Copy Share Image
The greatest Enemies of the Equity investor are Expenses and Emotions. — Warren Buffett Customer Copy Share Image
It is madness to risk losing what you need in pursuing what you simply desire. — Warren Buffett Desire Copy Share Image
A lot of people disagree with me on this, I believe in mark to market. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
It's not debt per say that overwhelms an individual corporation or country. Rather it is a continuous increase in debt in relation… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Focus on your customers and lead your people as though their lives depend on your success. — Warren Buffett Customer Copy Share Image
Like I say, I don't think it'll be done perfectly. Maybe we'll end up with a little bit better [economy] system. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The patient that's on the floor with the cardiac arrest is not Wall Street. It's the American economy. — Warren Buffett American economy Copy Share Image
Failing conventionally is the route to go; as a group, lemmings may have a rotten image, but no individual lemming has ever… — Warren Buffett Business Copy Share Image
What's going to happen - things we're doing are going to have some inflationary consequences. — Warren Buffett Consequence Copy Share Image
There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
By periodically investing in an index fund, the know-nothing investors can actually outperform most investment professionals. — Warren Buffett Customer Copy Share Image
The American economy is going to do fine. But it won't do fine every year and every week and every month. I… — Warren Buffett American economy Copy Share Image
I've never been very fully employed either but just think of what it's like, you know, to go home with a mortgage… — Warren Buffett Dad Copy Share Image
At age 19, I read a book [The Intelligent Investor] and what I'm doing today, at age 76, is running things through… — Warren Buffett Age Copy Share Image
In the financial markets I find it easy to predict what will happen and very difficult to predict when it will happen.… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
In some corner of the world they are probably still holding regular meetings of the Flat Earth Society. We derive no comfort… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Risk comes from not knowing what you are doing so wide diversification is only required when investors are ignorant. You only have… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I have worked with investors for 60 years and I have yet to see anyone - not even when capital gains rates… — Warren Buffett Capital gains Copy Share Image
The one piece of advice I can give you is, do what turns you on. Do something that if you had all… — Warren Buffett Advice Copy Share Image
I have no use whatsoever for projections or forecasts. They create an illusion of apparent precision. The more meticulous they are, the… — Warren Buffett Bright future Copy Share Image
Time is the friend of the wonderful business. It's the enemy of the lousy business. If you're in a lousy business for… — Warren Buffett Business 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 Business Copy Share Image
That goes back to 1932, although it was really implemented in '33 under Jesse Jones, and it invested in mostly banks initially… — Warren Buffett Customer Copy Share Image
The approach and strategies are very similar in that you gather all the information you can and then keep adding to that… — Warren Buffett Approach 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 Facts 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
Take me as an example. I happen to have a talent for allocating capital. But my ability to use that talent is… — Warren Buffett Ability Copy Share Image
I don't like what's going on with the executive compensation. — Warren Buffett Compensation Copy Share Image
You should invest in a business that even a fool can run, because someday a fool will. — Warren Buffett Business Copy Share Image
The extraordinary business does not require good management. — Warren Buffett Business Copy Share Image
Don't invest in pieces of papers (stocks), invest in great businesses underlying them — Warren Buffett Business Copy Share Image
Don't settle for anything other than your passion - if you're lucky enough to find it. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Unless your answers are clearly better, copy the answers of your betters. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image