Warren Buffett
There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.
The only time to buy these is on a day with no 'y' in it.
In the 20th century, the United States endured two world wars and other traumatic and expensive military conflicts; the Depression; a dozen or so recessions and financial panics; oil shocks; a flu epidemic; and the resignation of a disgraced president. Yet the Dow rose from 66 to 11,497.
Value is what you get.
I sent one e-mail in my life. I sent it to Jeff Raikes at Microsoft, and it ended up in court in Minneapolis, so I am one for one.
It's never paid to bet against America. We come through things, but its not always a smooth ride.
Today people who hold cash equivalents feel comfortable. They shouldn't. They have opted for a terrible long-term asset, one that pays virtually nothing and is certain to depreciate in value.
Only buy something that you'd be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for 10 years.
Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Mae West said, 'Too much of a good thing can be wonderful'.
There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it.
You know, people talk about this being an uncertain time. You know, all time is uncertain. I mean, it was uncertain back in - in 2007, we just didn't know it was uncertain. It was - uncertain on September 10th, 2001. It was uncertain on October 18th, 1987, you just didn't know it.
Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote.
The big question about how people behave is whether they've got an Inner Scorecard or an Outer Scorecard. It helps if you can be satisfied with an Inner Scorecard.
We're still in a recession. We're not gonna be out of it for a while, but we will get out.
I just think that - when a country needs more income and we do, we're only taking in 15 percent of GDP, I mean, that - that - when a country needs more income, they should get it from the people that have it.
If anything, taxes for the lower and middle class and maybe even the upper middle class should even probably be cut further. But I think that people at the high end - people like myself - should be paying a lot more in taxes. We have it better than we've ever had it.
You have no ability, if you're a financial institution and you're threatened with criminal prosecution, you have no ability to negotiate.
I think that both parties should declare the debt limit as a political weapon of mass destruction which can't be used. I mean, it is silly to have a country that has 237 years building up its reputation and then have people threaten to tear it down because they're not getting some other matter.
I am quite serious when I say that I do not believe there are, on the whole earth besides, so many intensified bores as in these United States. No man can form an adequate idea of the real meaning of the word, without coming here.
I am a huge bull on this country. We will not have a double-dip recession at all. I see our businesses coming back almost across the board.
I think the most important factor in getting out of the recession actually is just the regenerative capacity of - of American capitalism.
If you don't find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die.Collection: Money
The best investment you can make, is an investment in yourself... The more you learn, the more you'll earn.Collection: Investment
We don't have to be smarter than the rest. We have to be more disciplined than the rest.Collection: Intelligent
Don't risk what is important to you, to get what is not important to you.Collection: Life
Invest in as much of yourself as you can, you are your own biggest asset by far.Collection: Money
Do not save what is left after spending, but spend what is left after saving.Collection: Inspirational
Be fearful when the markets get greedy, be greedy when the markets get fearful.Collection: Greedy
Asking for financial advice from a financial planner is like asking a barber if you need a hair cut.Collection: Cutting
It's good to learn from your mistakes. It's better to learn from other people's mistakes.Collection: Mistake
You don't need to have extraordinary effort to achieve extraordinary results. You just need to do the ordinary, everyday things exceptionally well.Collection: Everyday Things
The value of a business is the cash it's going to produce in the future.Collection: Cash
Never depend on single income. Make investment to create a second source.Collection: Inspirational
The Noah rule: Predicting rain doesn't count; building arks does.Collection: Rain
If you cannot control your emotions, you cannot control your money.Collection: Emotion
Always associate yourself with people who are better than you.Collection: Kayaking
The true investor welcomes volatility ... a wildly fluctuating market means that irrationally low prices will periodically be attached to solid businesses.Collection: Mean
Diversification may preserve wealth, but concentration builds wealth.Collection: Concentration Of Wealth
Honesty is a very expensive gift, Don't expect it from cheap people.Collection: Inspirational
If you want to soar like an eagle in life, you can't be flocking with the turkeys.Collection: Eagles
The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.Collection: Life
Never do anything in life if you would be ashamed of seeing it printed on the front page of your hometown newspaper for your friends and family to see.Collection: Family And Friends
I have pledged - to you, the rating agencies and myself - to always run Berkshire with more than ample cash. We never want to count on the kindness of strangers in order to meet tomorrow's obligations. When forced to choose, I will not trade even a night's sleep for the chance of extra profits.Collection: Running
You shouldn't own common stocks if a 50 per cent decrease in their value in a short period of time would cause you acute distress.Collection: Investing Your Time
During inflation, Goodwill is the gift that keeps on giving.Collection: Vacation
Credit worthiness is like virginity, it can be preserved but not restored very easily, so it is crazy to play around with it.Collection: Crazy