Better off Quote by Warren Buffett Download Open image “The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is.” — Warren Buffett ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Better off Journalist Smarter
The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves - and the… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
Both politicians and journalists face situations which strain their honesty and humanity. My opinion is that politicians on the average stand up somewhat better… — John McCarthy Copy Share Image
The smartest people in Washington are the political reporters. They write about their inferiors. — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
Some of our best journalists take themselves even more seriously than the politicians they write about. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
[I]n contrast to the common belief that they are the world's greatest cynics, the best journalists are the world's great idealists. They have experienced… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
I think some of the best reporters are the ones who can really illustrate the differences between societies, at the same time trying to… — John Pomfret Copy Share Image
Journalists are often portrayed as cynical. I often think it's the opposite. — David Grann Copy Share Image
Journalists are more powerful now than they've ever been, and we all know what power does. Anyone who disses the media is really asking… — Charles McGrath Copy Share Image
Journalists are usually quite jealous people, especially of intellectuals who are supposed to be in fashion. — Vivienne Westwood Copy Share Image
There aren't enough good journalists. There are too many who really weren't groomed to be reporters and, as a result, some of the reporting… — Will McDonough Copy Share Image
The most esteemed journalists are precisely the most servile. For it is by making themselves useful to the powerful that they gain access to… — Walter Karp 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 feeling it. If you're a jewelry retailer, you're feeling it. I know some of these businesses because we're in them. Yeah, it's being felt, but it will be felt big time more if we don't do… — Warren Buffett Copy Share
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
Market society is a game where you win by making sure other people are better off with you than without you. — David Schmidtz Copy Share Image
We know, Southern men declare that their slaves are better off than hired laborers amongst us. How little they know, whereof they speak! There… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
You're better off owning 30 percent and having two amazing partners who compliment you and are equally as driven as you are than having… — Rob Dyrdek Copy Share Image
If you’d just center your thoughts and affections upon the Lord, you’d be better off accidentally than you’ve ever been on purpose! — Andrew Wommack Copy Share Image
24.9 percent of American children live in poverty, while the proportions in Germany, France and Italy are 8.6, 7.4 and 10.5 percent. And once born on the wrong side of the tracks, Americans are more likely to stay there than their counterparts in Europe. Those born to better-off families are more likely to stay better off. America is developing an… — Will Hutton Copy Share
There definitely was a time when I was pretty obsessed with my weight, but I'm better off not stressing about my body all the… — Hilary Duff Copy Share Image
If you're talking about intellectual and social equality for women, we're not much better off.America is still very much a male-dominated society. Most American… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
Business runs hot and cold so the more you're in charge of your own destiny, the better off you are. — Bill Burr Copy Share Image
I know that you're better off making your own products, not just waiting for someone to hand you something. — Michael Winslow Copy Share Image
The best calculation is the absence of calculation. Once you have attained a certain level of recognition, others generally figure that when you do… — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
I applaud the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act. This was discrimination enshrined in law. It treated loving, committed gay and lesbian couples as a separate and lesser class of people. The Supreme Court has righted that wrong, and our country is better off for it. We are a people who declared that we are… — Barack Obama Copy Share