Warren Buffett Quotes

"I violated the Noah rule: Predicting rain doesn't count; building arks does."
-Warren Buffett

"I have great confidence in Joe Brandon's leadership abilities, reinsurance expertise, and financial skills, and look forward to working closely with him and General Re's next generation of leaders."
-Warren Buffett

"California needs to solve its economic problems, and Arnold Schwarzenegger is the engine that will solve those problems."
-Warren Buffett

"Wide diversification is only required when investors do not understand what they are doing."
-Warren Buffett

"Most people get interested in stocks when everyone else is. The time to get interested is when no one else is. You can't buy what is popular and do well."
-Warren Buffett

"Our favourite holding period is forever."
-Warren Buffett

"Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks."
-Warren Buffett

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

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

"It's only when the tide goes out that you discover who's been swimming naked."
-Warren Buffett

"There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult."
-Warren Buffett

"Price is what you pay. Value is what you get."
-Warren Buffett

"I don't look to jump over 7-foot bars; I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over."
-Warren Buffett

"In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield."
-Warren Buffett in Business quotes.

"Only those who will be sellers of equities in the near future should be happy at seeing stocks rise. Prospective purchasers should much prefer sinking prices."
-Warren Buffett

"In evaluating people, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. If you don't have the first, the other two will kill you."
-Warren Buffett

"If you have a harem of 40 women, you never get to know any of them very well."
-Warren Buffett