Why Warren? The most successful investor of the 20th century. Net worth $66.7 Billion. The most humble Billionaire.
....The humble billionaire
He bought an old damaged Linlcoln. Because it was cheaper. Â
I will tell you how to become rich. Close the doors. Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful.
It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.
You don't need to be a rocket scientist. Investing is not a game where the guy with the 160 IQ beats the guy with 130 IQ.
Can you answer Warren’s question?
My friend Tiger Woods had an extramarital scandal. (happens, you know..) But can you guess how did this affect the stock price of Electronic Arts? Â
After all, you only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out.
Never test the depth of the river with both the feet .
Whether we’re talking about socks or stocks, I like buying quality merchandise when it is marked down.
I try to buy stock in businesses that are so wonderful that an idiot can run them. Because sooner or later, one will.
Never depend on single income. Make investment to make second source.
Time is the friend of the wonderful business, the enemy of the mediocre.
The best thing that happens to us is when a great company gets into temporary trouble...We want to buy them when they're on the operating table.
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.
There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make things difficult. The best Strategy is a simple one.
It’s better to hang out with people better than you. You’ll drift in that direction eventually.
If I'd been born into a tribe of hunters, my tallent for allocating capital would be pretty worthless. I can't run very fast. I'm not particularly strong. I'd probably end up as some wild animal's dinner.
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.
Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote.
Don’t pass up something that’s attractive today because you think you will find something way more attractive tomorrow.
Our approach is very much profiting from lack of change rather than from change. With Wrigley chewing gum, it's the lack of change that appeals to me. I don't think it is going to be hurt by the Internet. That's the kind of business I like.
I don’t worry too much about pointing fingers at the past. I operate on the theory that every saint has a past, every sinner has a future.
I’ve never swung at a ball while it’s still in the pitcher’s glove.
You can’t make a good deal with a bad person.
No matter how great the talent or efforts, some things just take time. You can’t product a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant.
The past is only useful to give you insights into the future, but sometimes there’s no insight.
Problems in a company are like cockroaches in the kitchen. You will never find just one.
If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.
There's nothing material I want very much. And I'm going to give virtually all of those claim checks to charity when my wife and I die.
Success in investing doesn't correlate with I.Q. once you're above the level of 125. Once you have ordinary intelligence, what you need is the temperament to control the urges that get other people into trouble in investing.
Of the millionaires i have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks before they had money, they are simply jerks with a million dollars.
I read a lot: daily publications, annual reports, 10Ks, 10Qs, business magazines, etc.
I killed the Dow. You ought to see the numbers. But I was investing peanuts then. It's a huge structural advantage not to have a lot of money. I think I could make you 50% a year on $1 million. No, I know I could. I guarantee that.
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