“No matter how great the talent or efforts, some things just take time. You can't produce a baby in one month by… — Warren Buffett Pregnant Copy Share Image
The purpose of life is to be loved by as many people as possible among those you want to have love you — Warren Buffett Life Copy Share Image
The dominant factors affecting control valuations are earning power (past and prospective) and asset values. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
You shouldn't own common stocks if a 50 per cent decrease in their value in a short period of time would cause… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
First, many in Wall Street - a community in which quality control is not prized - will sell investors anything they will… — Warren Buffett Community Copy Share Image
Confidence is key. You're not going to put your money - you're not going to leave your money with me unless you're… — Warren Buffett Confidence Copy Share Image
Time is your friend, impulse is your enemy. Take advantage of compound interest and don't be captivated by the siren song of… — Warren Buffett Advantage Copy Share Image
I mean, you may be very mad at some guy that walked away with a huge golden parachute, but that really isn't… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
No formula in finance tells you that the moat is 28 feet wide and 16 feet deep. That's what drives the academics… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Writing checks to the IRS that include strings of zeros does not bother me ... Overall, we feel extraordinarily lucky to have… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Many stock options in the corporate world have worked in exactly that fashion: they have gained in value simply because management retained… — Warren Buffett Corporate Copy Share Image
We have learned to turn out lots of goods and services, but we haven't learned as well how to have everybody share… — 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 Bells Copy Share Image
I don't try and guess when to get in and out of the market. I have owned stocks consistently since 1942. I… — Warren Buffett Buying stocks 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
The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves -… — Warren Buffett Body Copy Share Image
I am a better investor because I am a businessman, and a better businessman because I am no investor. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Great investment opportunities come around when excellent companies are surrounded by unusual circumstances that cause the stock to be misappraised. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
When forced to choose, I will not trade even a night's sleep for the chance of extra profits. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
We believe that according the name 'investors' to institutions that trade actively is like calling someone who repeatedly engages in one-night stands… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
We do not view the company itself as the ultimate owner of our business assets but instead view the company as a… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
When we went crazy, and we did go crazy on residential real estate, it set things in motion that just - the… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective. — Warren Buffett Behavior Copy Share Image
I've often felt there might be more to be gained by studying business failures than business successes. — Warren Buffett Business Copy Share Image
If you want a government that's going to do the things we ask our government to do, you've got to get it… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
“SHOULD YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A CHRONICALLY LEAKING BOAT, ENERGY DEVOTED TO CHANGING VESSELS IS LIKELY TO BE MORE PRODUCTIVE THAN ENERGY… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Games are won by players who focus on the playing field -- not by those whose eyes are glued to the scoreboard. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
If you can eliminate the government as a 39.6% partner, then you will be much better off. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
If we start deciding, based on guesses or emotions, whether we will or won't participate in a business where we should have… — Warren Buffett Business Copy Share Image
When asked how he became so successful in investing, Buffett answered: 'we read hundreds and hundreds of annual reports every year. — Warren Buffett Annual reports Copy Share Image
We have long felt that the only value of stock forecasters is to make fortune-tellers look good. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Cash never makes us happy, but it's better to have the money burning a hole in Berkshire's pocket than resting comfortably in… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
You can't stand to see your neighbor getting rich. You know you're smarter than he is and he's doing these things and… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The real fortunes in this country have been made by people who have been right about the business they invested in, and… — Warren Buffett Business Copy Share Image
We make investment decisions based on our evaluation of the most profitable combination of probabilities. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Basically, when you get to my age, you'll really measure your success in life by how many of the people you want… — Warren Buffett Age Copy Share Image
You're dealing with a lot of silly people in the marketplace; it's like a great big casino and everyone else is boozing.… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
When people talk about cash being king, it's not king if it just sits there and never does anything. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Diversification is protection against ignorance. It makes little sense if you know what you are doing. — Warren Buffett Customer Copy Share Image
If you can't read the scoreboard. You don't know the score. If you don't know the score, you can't tell the winners… — Warren Buffett Football Copy Share Image
