Buffett Quote by Roger Lowenstein Download Open image “Buffett’s genius was largely a genius of character—of patience, discipline, and rationality.” — Roger Lowenstein ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Buffett Character Discipline Genius Intelligence Patience Rationality
"Genius is just enduring patience," said Buffon. This is far from complete. Genius is impatience in ideas and patience with the facts: a lively… — Leo Errera Copy Share Image
As what we call genius arises out of the disproportionate power and size of a certain faculty, so the great difficulty lies in harmonizing… — Anna Brownell Jameson Copy Share Image
“Most geniuses are geniuses because of the way they manage their natural talents. He was one because of the way he took advantage of… — Albert Sánchez Piñol Copy Share Image
Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Man who invented the hamburger was smart; man who invented the cheeseburger was a genius. — Matthew McConaughey Copy Share Image
Not gifted with genius but honestly holding his experiences deep in his heart, he kept his simplicity and humanity. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely. — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Genius--the free and harmonious play of all the faculties of a human being. — Amos Bronson Alcott Copy Share Image
In seventy years, Russia’s Communists had not succeeded in dealing markets such a telling blow as did its deadbeat capitalists. — Roger Lowenstein Copy Share Image
The modern spirit is a hesitant one. Spontaneity has given way to cautious legalisms, and the age of heroes has been superseded by a… — Roger Lowenstein Copy Share Image
“A year earlier, no company had been accorded more faith than Enron; by late November, none was trusted less. And so, a gasping gurgle,… — Roger Lowenstein Copy Share Image
“His talent sprang from his unrivaled independence of mind and ability to focus on his work and shut out the world, yet those same… — Roger Lowenstein Copy Share Image
Buffett's uncommon urge to chronicle made him a unique character in American life, not only a great capitalist but the Great Explainer of American… — Roger Lowenstein Copy Share Image
“The book is worth reading, in part because it is enjoyable to read of other people's folly, not to mention their avarice and stupidity."… — Roger Lowenstein Copy Share Image
Buffett's methodology was straightforward, and in that sense 'simple.' It was not simple in the sense of being easy to execute. Valuing companies such… — Roger Lowenstein Copy Share Image
Buffett was a billionaire who drove his own car, did his own taxes, and still lived in a home he had bought in 1958… — Roger Lowenstein Copy Share Image
“Bundy sternly tool his fellow endowment fund managers to task - not for being too bold, but for being insufficiently so: We have the… — Roger Lowenstein Copy Share Image
Buffett found it 'extraordinary' that academics studied such things. They studied what was measurable, rather than what was meaningful. 'As a friend [Charlie Munger]… — Roger Lowenstein Copy Share Image
Buffett does enjoy being a billionaire, but in offbeat ways. As he put it, though money cannot change your health or how many people… — Roger Lowenstein Copy Share Image
The great lesson in microeconomics is to discriminate between when technology is going to help you and when it's going to kill you. And… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
I admire people like Warren Buffett that are donating so much money to charity. — Bethenny Frankel Copy Share Image
All capitalists should be like Warren Buffett, and he says he should be taxed more. — Ed Asner Copy Share Image
If you look at anyone who has achieved great success and wealth, people like Warren Buffett, Oprah Winfrey, or Lance Armstrong, they have all… — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
Warren Buffett once wrote that value investing is like an inoculation--it either takes or it doesn't--and when you explain to somebody what it is… — Seth Klarman Copy Share Image
Warren Buffett pays taxes on a smaller percentage of his billions in income than his cleaning lady. — Eric Alterman Copy Share Image
If there are still honest-smart men and women within those old and noble traditions, they should think carefully, observe and diagnose the illness. They… — David Brin Copy Share Image
There's a clarity that comes with great ideas: You can [easily and simply] explain why something's a great business, how and why it's cheap,… — Joel Greenblatt Copy Share Image
Wal-Mart, with its legendary focus on customer value in terms of price, is innovating in sustainability. Now, we're beginning to see the mirror image,… — James M Strock Copy Share Image
I love whenever they downgrade a hurricane to a tropical depression, because I always think of a tropical depression as how I feel three… — Andy Kindler Copy Share Image
Buffett's uncommon urge to chronicle made him a unique character in American life, not only a great capitalist but the Great Explainer of American… — Roger Lowenstein Copy Share Image
Vladimir Putin is the wealthiest man on the planet, for sure. But this is different to the wealth of a Bill Gates or a… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image