Warren Buffett Quotes

American - Businessman August 30, 1930

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.

You Think Reputation Things About Build Differently Five Minutes Ruin Takes Years

Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.

Money Never Lose Never Forget Forget Rule

You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.

Life You Long Your Few Few Things Many Only Right Things Too Very Wrong

Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

Inspirational Today Long Time Because Long Time Long Time Ago Planted Shade Sitting Someone Tree

We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.

Fear Only Others Greedy Attempt Fearful Simply

I buy expensive suits. They just look cheap on me.

Funny Me Look Suits Just Buy Cheap Expensive

Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote.

A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought.

Thought Substitute Poll

Our favorite holding period is forever.

Business Forever Our Favorite Holding Period

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The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule.

Lose Forget First Rule Second

Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.

Knowledge You Doing Not Knowing Knowing Risk

If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.

History People Past Game Past History Richest Richest People Would Would-Be

I always knew I was going to be rich. I don't think I ever doubted it for a minute.

Rich Think Always Minute Going Doubted Ever Knew

If a business does well, the stock eventually follows.

Business Well Does Eventually Follows Stock

There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.

Difficult Things Human Easy Characteristic Likes Make Perverse Seems Some

The investor of today does not profit from yesterday's growth.

Today Growth Yesterday Profit Does Investor

We enjoy the process far more than the proceeds.

More Process Enjoy Far Proceeds Than

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

Simple Business Difficult More Behavior Complex Effective Reward Schools Than

I don't look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over.

Look Step Jump I Can Around Bars Over

Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.

You Value Price Pay Get

Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it.

Look Your Enemy Friend Folly Market Participate Profit Rather Than

When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact.

Business Bad Economics Management Brilliance Intact Remains Reputation

The only time to buy these is on a day with no 'y' in it.

Time Day Only Buy Only Time

It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.

Better Company Price Wonderful Buy Fair Far Than

Only buy something that you'd be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for 10 years.

You Happy Only Down Buy Hold Market Perfectly Shut Something Years

Wide diversification is only required when investors do not understand what they are doing.

Doing Only Understand Investors Diversification Required Wide

Your premium brand had better be delivering something special, or it's not going to get the business.

Business Better Your Something Brand Delivering Get Going Had Premium Something Special Special

Value is what you get.

Risk is a part of God's game, alike for men and nations.

God Game Men Risk Alike Nations Part

Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked.

You Swimming Naked Only Tide Been Discover Goes Out

Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre.

Time Enemy Friend Company Mediocre Wonderful

Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.

Light Broken Habit Chains Felt Heavy Too Until

In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.

Business World Mirror Always Than Business World Clearer Rearview Rearview Mirror

It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you'll drift in that direction.

You People Better Direction Associates Behavior Drift Hang Out Pick Than Whose Yours

Beware of geeks bearing formulas.

Beware Bearing Geeks Formulas

Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction.

Finance Financial Mass Destruction Derivatives Mass Destruction Weapons

Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway.

People Ride Street Advice Get Only Place Rolls Subway Take Those Wall Wall Street Who

When you combine ignorance and leverage, you get some pretty interesting results.

You Ignorance Pretty Some Combine Get Interesting Leverage Results

I think the most important factor in getting out of the recession actually is just the regenerative capacity of - of American capitalism.

Think Capitalism Important Recession Actually American Capacity Factor Getting Just Most Out The Most Important I Think

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.

Life People Trying Out Got Improve Lot Million Million People System Them

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.

You Time People Know About Back Being Just Mean October September Talk Uncertain All-Time

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

Time World Go Will Always Certain Forward Live Over States Uncertain United United States

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