Lethargy, bordering on sloth should remain the cornerstone of an investment style. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians. — Warren Buffett History Copy Share Image
The value of a business is the cash it's going to produce in the future. — Warren Buffett Business Copy Share Image
Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it. — Warren Buffett Customer Copy Share Image
If you understood a business perfectly and the future of the business, you need very little in the way of a margin… — Warren Buffett Business Copy Share Image
Of the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks before they had… — Warren Buffett Billionaires 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 America Copy Share Image
The best asset is your own self. You can become to an enormous degree the person you want to be — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
If you've been playing poker for half an hour and you still don't know who the patsy is, you're the patsy. — Warren Buffett Football Copy Share Image
I put heavy weight on certainty. It's not risky to buy securities at a fraction of what they're worth. — Warren Buffett Certainty Copy Share Image
If you buy the things you don't need, you will soon be selling the things that you need. — Warren Buffett Don't need you Copy Share Image
I mean, Hank Paulson is in there [ Treasury] at the wrong time, probably shouldn't have taken the job. He's a friend… — Warren Buffett Corporations Copy Share Image
You don't need to be an expert in order to achieve satisfactory investment returns. But if you aren't, you must recognize your… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Mr. Market is kind of a drunken psycho. Some days he gets very enthused, some days he gets very depressed. And when… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The best way in my view is to just buy a low-cost index fund and keep buying it regularly over time, because… — Warren Buffett Best way Copy Share Image
I make no effort to predict the course of general business or the stock market. Period. However, currently there are practices snowballing… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
This country is going - be living better ten years from now than it is now. It will be living better in… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I may have more money than you, but money doesn't make the difference. If there is any difference between you and me,… — Warren Buffett Advice Copy Share Image
They say the chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken. The chains… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
For example: (1) As if governed by Newton's First Law of Motion, an institution will resist any change in its current direction;… — Warren Buffett Acquisition Copy Share Image
The value of market esoterica to the consumer of investment advice is a different story. In my opinion, investment success will not… — Warren Buffett Ability Copy Share Image
There are a few investment managers, of course, who are very good - though in the short run, it's difficult to determine… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
You have to turn over a lot of rocks to find those little anomalies. You have to find the companies that are… — Warren Buffett Anomalies Copy Share Image
There is one thing of which I can assure you. If good performance of the fund is even a minor objective, any… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
If you understood a business perfectly and the future of the business, you would need very little in the way of a… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Well, one time some attractive woman sat next to Charlie and asked him what he owed his success to, and, unfortunately, she… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I don't want to give a lecture to this body that's out there. You know, I mean, having had the heart attack,… — Warren Buffett Bears Copy Share Image
I made my first investment at age eleven. I was wasting my life up until then. — Warren Buffett Age Copy Share Image
It is more important to say "no" to an opportunity, than to say "yes". — Warren Buffett Diplomat Copy Share Image
Wall Street makes its money on activity. You make your money on inactivity. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
If you have a great manager, you want to pay him very well. — Warren Buffett Great man Copy Share Image
The Stock Market is designed to transfer money from the Active to the Patient. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and 5 minutes to ruin it.” — Warren Buffett Reputation Copy Share Image
I look at everything. That's my job. I really do, every day. I think about everything. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
It's a big mistake to try and mislead people. They will turn around. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image