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Warren Buffett Quotes - Page 10

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I am a better investor because I am a businessman, and a better businessman because I am no investor.

I am a better investor because I am a businessman, and a better businessman because I am no investor.

Business, Investing, Buffets

"Muppets ask questions and experts answer". 25iq.com. September 21, 2012.

Never count on making a good sale. Have the purchase price be so attractive that even a mediocre sale gives good results.

Giving, Investing, Buffets

"Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist". Book by Roger Lowenstein, 1995.

If you invested in a very low cost index fund - where you don't put the money in at one time, but average in over 10 years -you'll do better than 90% of people who start investing at the same time.

Average, Years, People

Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting, 2004.

When forced to choose, I will not trade even a night's sleep for the chance of extra profits.

Life, Sleep, Night

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Chairman's Letter, 2008.

Do not put all your eggs in one basket.

Easter, Eggs, Investment Success

Lawrence A. Cunningham, Warren E. Buffett (2013). “The Essays of Warren Buffett: Lessons for Corporate America (Third Edition)”, p.13, Carolina Academic Press

We don't read other people's opinions. We want to get the facts, and then think.

Thinking, People, Want

Source: time.com

OUR leaders have asked for “shared sacrifice.” But when they did the asking, they spared me. I checked with my mega-rich friends to learn what pain they were expecting. They, too, were left untouched.

Pain, Sacrifice, Leader

"Stop Coddling the Super-Rich". www.nytimes.com. August 14, 2011.

The key to life is to figure out who to be the batboy for.

Keys, Life Is, Figures

They say the chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken. The chains you put around yourself now have enormous consequences as you go through life.

Business, Light, Broken

Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction.

Mass Destruction, Investing, Weapons

Warren Buffett (2009). “Warren Buffett on Business: Principles from the Sage of Omaha”, p.78, John Wiley & Sons

Investing is forgoing consumption now in order to have the ability to consume more at a later date.

Order, Investing, Ability

"Why stocks beat gold and bonds". Interview with Warren Buffett, fortune.com. February 9, 2012.

A CEO's behavior has a huge impact on managers down the line.

Impact, Lines, Behavior

Emotional makeup is more important than technical skill

Makeup, Emotional, Skills

It is easier to rationalize than it is to be rational.

Easier, Rational, Rationalize

I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business. I read and think. So I do more reading and thinking, and make less impulse decisions than most people in business. I do it because I like this kind of life.

Success, Business, Reading

"This Is Warren Buffett's Best Investment Advice" by Chris Winfield, time.com. July 23, 2015.

The great personal fortunes in the country weren't built on a portfolio of fifty companies. They were built by someone who identified one wonderful business. With each investment you make, you should have the courage and the conviction to place at least 10% of your net worth in that stock.

Country, Should Have, Fifty

Accounting is the language of business.

Business, Language, Billionaire

"CNBC Excerpts: Billionaire Investor Warren Buffett on CNBC's "Squawk Box" Today". "Squawk Box", www.cnbc.com. March 2, 2015.

Long ago, Sir Isaac Newton gave us three laws of motion, which were the work of genius. But Sir Isaac's talents didn't extend to investing: He lost a bundle in the South Sea Bubble, explaining later, 'I can calculate the movement of the stars, but not the madness of men.' If he had not been traumatized by this loss, Sir Isaac might well have gone on to discover the Fourth Law of Motion: For investors as a whole, returns decrease as motion increases.

Stars, Business, Loss

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Chairman's Letter, www.berkshirehathaway.com. 2005.

Mark Zuckerberg will be a hero to many young entrepreneurs 20 years from now. Bill Gates will be a hero to others, and they will look to those [people] like I read books when I was in my teens about Rockefeller or Carnegie.

Book, Hero, Young Entrepreneurs

If you knew what was going to happen in the economy, you still wouldn't necessarily know what was going to happen in the stock market.

Investing, Economy, Stills

"What Warren thinks". Interview with Nicholas Varchaver, archive.fortune.com. April 14, 2008.

Don't settle for anything other than your passion - if you're lucky enough to find it.

Passion, Lucky, Settling

A home is one of the most important assets that most people will ever buy. Homes are also where memories are made and you want to work with someone you can trust.

Memories, Home, People

A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought.

Life, War, Generosity

"7 insightful investing quotes from Warren Buffett", vintagevalueinvesting.com. September 28, 2017.

The important thing is to keep playing, to play against weak opponents and to play for big stakes.

Play, Important, Investing

Talk with students in Gaston Hall, Georgetown University, November 2002.

The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective.

Business, War, School

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