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Warren Buffett Quotes - Page 30

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It's a nightmare to administer some of this sort of thing, but I want to tell the shareholders of Berkshire, to the percent we own marketable securities or things for which there are market, even if those markets - I

It's a nightmare to administer some of this sort of thing, but I want to tell the shareholders of Berkshire, to the percent we own marketable securities or things for which there are market, even if those markets - I want to tell them what it's all about.

Want, Nightmare, Shareholders

"Warren Buffett: I Haven't Seen As Much Economic Fear In My Adult Lifetime". Interview With Charlie Rose, www.cnbc.com. October 1, 2008.

If you've been playing poker for half an hour and you still don't know who the patsy is, you're the patsy.

Half, Buffets, Hours

Take Wrigley's Chewing Gum. I don't think the Internet is going to change how people chew gum.

Thinking, People, Gum

My friends and I have been coddled long enough by a billionaire-friendly Congress.

Long, Important, Friendly

"Networks Embrace Buffett's Call for Higher Taxes on 'Mega-Rich,' ABC Salivates Over Spending It". Article by Brent Baker, www.mrc.org. August 16, 2011.

It's quite clear that stocks are cheaper than bonds. I can't imagine anybody having bonds in their portfolio when they can own equities, a diversified group of equities. But people do because they, the lack of confidence. But that's what makes for the attractive prices. If they had their confidence back, they wouldn't be selling at these prices. And believe me, it will come back over time.

Believe, People, Portfolios

If you understood a business perfectly and the future of the business, you need very little in the way of a margin of safety.

Safety, Needs, Littles

Speech at Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting in 1997. "Of Permanent Value: The Story of Warren Buffett" by Andrew Kilpatrick, Volume 2, p. 1615, 2007.

Larger sums may be an advantage at some cases and a disadvantage at others.

May, Advantage, Cases

Would you rather be the world's greatest lover, but have everyone think you're the world's worst lover? Or would you rather be the world's worst lover but have everyone think you're the world's greatest lover? Now, that's an interesting question.

Thinking, Interesting, World

"7 things Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger want new graduates to know" by John Szramiak, www.businessinsider.com. June 15, 2016.

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 ignored.

Goal, Ignored, Volume

I have this complicated procedure I go through every morning, which is to look in the mirror and decide what I'm going to do. And I feel at that point, everybody's had their say.

Morning, Mirrors, Looks

I will do anything that is basically covered by the law to reduce Berkshire's tax rate. For example, on wind energy, we get a tax credit if we build a lot of wind farms. That's the only reason to build them. They don't make sense without the tax credit.

Wind Farms, Law, Energy

I have a wonderful family. I have a job that I love and wonderful people who help me with it. It can't get any better than that.

Jobs, People, Helping

Source: www.spiegel.de

I like to go for cinches. I like to shoot fish in a barrel. But I like to do it after the water has run out.

Running, Business, Water

Talk with Wharton MBA students, October 2003.

The major asset in this category is gold, currently a huge favorite of investors who fear almost all other assets, especially paper money (of whose value, as noted, they are right to be fearful). Gold, however, has two significant shortcomings, being neither of much use nor procreative. True, gold has some industrial and decorative utility, but the demand for these purposes is both limited and incapable of soaking up new production. Meanwhile, if you own one ounce of gold for an eternity, you will still own one ounce at its end.

Two, Gold, Use

"Berkshire’s Corporate Performance vs. the S&P 500". www.berkshirehathaway.com. 2012.

I think the oversight is great, and I think that oversight ought to be devoted almost entirely to the question is this being done at market you know. In other words, you want to make sure that the government isn't investing foolishly. But you don't want to care about which congressional districts it goes to or whether banks get favored over.

Thinking, Government, Investing

"Warren Buffett: I Haven't Seen As Much Economic Fear In My Adult Lifetime". Interview With Charlie Rose, www.cnbc.com. October 1, 2008.

I always invest in companies an idiot could run, because one day one will.

Running, One Day, Idiot

Opportunities come infrequently. When it rains gold, put out the bucket, not the thimble.

Rain, Opportunity, Gold

"25 Best Warren Buffett Quotes". The Motley Fool, www.fool.com. September 28, 2014.

The less prudence with which others conduct their affairs, the greater the prudence with which we should conduct our own affairs.

Insightful, Investing, Affair

We always live in an uncertain world. What is certain is that the United States will go forward over time.

United States, World, Uncertain

"Warren Buffett on Recession, Taxing the Rich, and Capitalism's 'Regenerative Capacity'". Interview with Becky Quick, www.cnbc.com. September 23, 2010.

I do know that when I am 60, I should be attempting to achieve different personal goals than those which had priority at age 20.

Goal, Priorities, Age

Great investment opportunities come around when excellent companies are surrounded by unusual circumstances that cause the stock to be misappraised.

Business, War, Opportunity

A newspaper that reduces its coverage of the news important to its community is certain to reduce its readership as well

Community, Important, News

When you're associating with the people that you love, doing what you love, it doesn't get any better than that.

Doing What You Love, People, What You Love

"Warren Buffett Shared Some Great Career Advice For Millennials" by Vivian Giang and Lynne Guey, www.businessinsider.com. May 8, 2013.

We have embraced the 21st century by entering such cutting-edge industries as brick, carpet, insulation and paint. Try to control your excitement.

Future, Cutting, Trying

Warren Buffett (2009). “Warren Buffett on Business: Principles from the Sage of Omaha”, p.118, John Wiley & Sons

Having first rate people on the team is more important than designing hierarchies and clarifying who reports to whom.

Team, People, Design

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