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  • The financial calculus that Charlie and I employ would never permit our trading a good night's sleep for a shot at a few extra percentage points of return. I've never believed in risking what my friends and family have and need in order to pursue what they don't have and don't need.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Warren Buffett Quotes , Good Night Quotes , Sleep Quotes
  • Investors, of course, can, by their own behavior make stock ownership highly risky. And many do. Active trading, attempts to "time" market movements, inadequate diversification, the payment of high and unnecessary fees to managers and advisors, and the use of borrowed money can destroy the decent returns that a life-long owner of equities would otherwise enjoy. Indeed, borrowed money has no place in the investor's tool kit.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Warren Buffett Quotes , Long Quotes , Tools Quotes
  • We've used up a lot of bullets. And we talk about stimulus. But the truth is, we're running a federal deficit that's 9 percent of GDP. That is stimulative as all get out. It's more stimulative than any policy we've followed since World War II.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Warren Buffett Quotes , Running Quotes , War Quotes
  • I would say the most satisfying thing actually is watching my three children each pick up on their own interests and work many more hours per week than most people that have jobs at trying to intelligently give away that money in fields that they particularly care about.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Warren Buffett Quotes , Jobs Quotes , Children Quotes
  • The worst sort of business is one that grows rapidly, requires significant capital to engender the growth, and then earns little or no money. Think airlines. Here a durable competitive advantage has proven elusive ever since the days of the Wright Brothers. Indeed, if a farsighted capitalist had been present at Kitty Hawk, he would have done his successors a huge favor by shooting Orville down.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Warren Buffett Quotes , Brother Quotes , Thinking Quotes
  • At Berkshire, I both initiate and monitor every derivatives contract on our books ... If Berkshire ever gets in trouble, it will be my fault. It will not be because of the misjudgments made by a risk committee or chief risk officer.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Warren Buffett Quotes , Book Quotes , Risk Quotes