Economic Quote by Warren Buffett Download Open image “I don't read economic forecasts. I don't read the funny papers.” — Warren Buffett ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Economic Economics Forecasts Inspirational Investing Paper Papers
One thing I've noticed about history - you can search on newspapers going back hundreds of years, search for 'economic forecast,' you don't find… — Robert J. Shiller Copy Share Image
We're not very good at forecasting, and we don't know how to measure the impact of economic policy. — Edgar Fiedler Copy Share Image
Economists have allowed themselves to walk into a trap where we say we can forecast, but no serious economist thinks we can. — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
I believe that economists put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor. — William Gilmore Simms Copy Share Image
I think the association of economics with forecasting is unfortunate and is down to the fact that one great way to get an investment… — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen. — Earl Wilson Copy Share Image
I never understand why 'economist makes forecast' is ever a headline. Whether the economist in question is from the International Monetary Fund, a City… — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
The good news is that economists are intelligent, engaging and often charming folks. The bad news is their work is often of little use… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
I don't read, much less follow, the valuations or predictions. I study the numbers. — John Neff Copy Share Image
Economists are about as useful as astrologers in predicting the future (and, like astrologers, they never let failure on one occasion diminish certitude on… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
To invest successfully over a lifetime does not require a stratospheric IQ, unusual business insights, or inside information. What's needed is a sound intellectual… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
“Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful.” — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Making money isn't the backbone of our guiding purpose; it is the by-product of our guiding purpose. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
We set no volume goals in our insurance business generally-and certainly not in reinsurance-as virtually any volume can be achieved if profitability standards are… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Everybody's got a different circle of competence. The important thing is not how big the circle is. The important thing is staying inside the… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
It is better to point out your own mistakes than have somebody else do it. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I've read about all the sales today. If you're an auto dealer, you're feeling it. If you're a furniture retailer like we are, you're… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I was lucky enough to be born in a time and place where society values my talent, and gave me a good education to… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The most common cause of low prices is pessimism - some times pervasive, some times specific to a company or industry. We want to… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The reaction of weak management to weak operations is often weak accounting. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
What you really want to do in investments is figure out what's important and knowable. If it's unimportant or unknowable you forget about it. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I don't measure my life by the money I've made. Other people might, but certainly don't. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
It makes no sense to talk of the social obligations of the corporation without reference to its economic obligations. The two are intertwined. — Lee R. Raymond Copy Share Image
Advances in technology will continue to reach far into every sector of our economy. Future job and economic growth in industry, defense, transportation, agriculture,… — Christopher Bond Copy Share Image
I genuinely did not expect more than half our nation to choose to walk away from our long-term allies into the arms of our… — Brian Reade Copy Share Image
The concept of humanity is an especially useful ideological instrument of imperialist expansion, and in its ethical-humanitarian form it is a specific vehicle of… — Carl Schmitt Copy Share Image
Parents who are stressed or disturbed will have more difficulty in meeting their children's needs. Parents who have little support--from friends, relatives, neighbors, or… — Sheila Kamerman Copy Share Image
Just between you and me, shouldn’t the World Bank be encouraging MORE migration of the dirty industries to the LDCs [Less Developed Countries]?... I… — Lawrence Summers Copy Share Image
The number of poor, and poorly prepared, students who succeed in college and beyond undercuts the simplistic notion that economic or educational disadvantage is… — Roland Merullo Copy Share Image
Right now, for many Americans, class is being foregrounded like never before because of the economic situation. It doesn't mean that race doesn't matter,… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
The average well-being of our societies is not dependent any longer on national income and economic growth. ... But the differences between us and… — Richard G. Wilkinson Copy Share Image
Fossil fuels, including oil, are running out and supplies are getting harder to find. If we do nothing, prices will continue to rise and… — Lucy Powell Copy Share Image
Both fact and logic seem to me to support the view that savings invested in privately owned economic tools of production amount to an… — F. A. Harper Copy Share Image
Business school graduates from the best schools earn large salaries and frequently rise to positions of great power. It would be nice if they… — Jeffrey Pfeffer Copy Share Image
