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Capital Quotes by Warren Buffett
- The ideal business is one that earns very high returns on capital and that keeps using lots of capital at those high returns. That becomes…
- Charlie and I decided long ago that in an investment lifetime, it's too hard to make hundreds of smart decisions. That judgment became ever more…
- Take me as an example. I happen to have a talent for allocating capital. But my ability to use that talent is completely dependent on…
- But, surprise - none of these blockbuster events made the slightest dent in Ben Graham's investment principles. Nor did they render unsound the negotiated purchases…
- The worst sort of business is one that grows rapidly, requires significant capital to engender the growth, and then earns little or no money. Think…
- 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…
- Many stock options in the corporate world have worked in exactly that fashion: they have gained in value simply because management retained earnings, not because…
- I have worked with investors for 60 years and I have yet to see anyone - not even when capital gains rates were 39.9 percent…
- Asset-heavy businesses generally earn low rates of return - rates that often barely provide enough capital to fund the inflationary needs of the existing business,…
- As an investor with small capital, one should prefer businesses that have high returns on capital and that require little incremental investment to grow.
- In that, we agreed with Andrew Carnegie, who said that huge fortunes that flow in large part from society should in large part be returned…
- Our future rates of gain will fall far short of those achieved in the past. Berkshire's capital base is now simply too large to allow…
More Capital Quotes
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- Lebanon was under Israeli occupation, up to its capital, but we did not consider that a disaster. Why? Because it was very… — Bashar al-Assad
- One of the factors a country's economy depends on is human capital. If you don't provide women with adequate access to healthcare,… — Michelle Bachelet
- I'd like to give zero out capital gains tax and zero out the dividends tax, zero out alternative minimum tax, and zero… — Michele Bachmann
- The life of a man who deliberately runs through his fortune often becomes a business speculation; his friends, his pleasures, patrons, and… — Honore de Balzac
- Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business. Large stores, gilt signs, flaming advertisements, will all prove unavailing if… — P T Barnum
- There exists, between people in love, a kind of capital held by each. This is not just a stock of affects or… — Jean Baudrillard
- I've always defined myself not as a cartoonist , but as an entrepreneur. That was true before I tried cartooning. I always… — Scott Adams
- Market leadership can translate directly to higher revenue, higher profitability, greater capital velocity, and correspondingly stronger returns on invested capital. — Jeff Bezos
- No one making less than $250,000 under Barack Obama's plan will see one single penny of their tax raised, whether it's their… — Joe Biden
- Over the objections, where they sound like squealing pigs, over the objections of Romney and all his allies, we passed some of… — Joe Biden
- We will rebuild, renew and remain the capital of the free world. — Michael Bloomberg