Warren Buffett Quotes

American - Businessman Born: August 30, 1930

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

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

Inspirational, Time, Today, Tree, Long

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

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

Mirror, Business, World, Always, Than

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

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

Light, Broken, Habit, Chains, Heavy, Too

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

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

Value, You, Price, Pay, Get

Predicting rain doesn't count. Building arks does. - Warren Buffett

Predicting rain doesn't count. Building arks does. Warren Buffett

Rain, Building, Count, Does, Predicting

Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1. - Warren Buffett

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

Money, Forget, Never Forget, Lose, Never

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

Think, You, Reputation, Build, Things

Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing. - Warren Buffett

Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing. Warren Buffett

Knowledge, You, Doing, Not Knowing, Risk

I buy expensive suits. They just look cheap on me. - Warren Buffett

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

Funny, Me, Look, Suits, Cheap, Expensive

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

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

Swimming, You, Naked, Tide, Only, Out

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The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes. - Warren Buffett

The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes. Warren Buffett

Best, Choose, Right, Heroes, Did, Thing

In the 20th century, the United States endured two world wars and other traumatic and expensive military conflicts; the Depression; a dozen or so recessions and financial panics; oil shocks; a flu epidemic; and the resignation of a disgraced president. Yet the Dow rose from 66 to 11,497. Warren Buffett

Rose, Depression, World, Financial, Oil

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. Warren Buffett

People, You, Behavior, Better, Direction

Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction. - Warren Buffett

Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction. Warren Buffett

Finance, Financial, Destruction, Weapons

The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule. - Warren Buffett

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

Forget, Lose, First, Rule, Second

Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre. - Warren Buffett

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

Friend, Time, Enemy, Company, Wonderful

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

Fear, Only, Others, Greedy, Attempt

I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for five years. Warren Buffett

Day, Money, Never, Stock Market, Next

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. Warren Buffett

Business, Management, Bad, Economics

The rich are always going to say that, you know, just give us more money and we'll go out and spend more and then it will all trickle down to the rest of you. But that has not worked the last 10 years, and I hope the American public is catching on. Warren Buffett

Hope, Money, Rich, Rest, You, Down

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

Business, Better, Special, Brand, Your

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

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

Today, Growth, Yesterday, Profit, Does

Our favorite holding period is forever. - Warren Buffett

Our favorite holding period is forever. Warren Buffett

Business, Forever, Our, Favorite, Period

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

Difficult, Easy, Human, Some, Things

I bought a company in the mid-'90s called Dexter Shoe and paid $400 million for it. And it went to zero. And I gave about $400 million worth of Berkshire stock, which is probably now worth $400 billion. But I've made lots of dumb decisions. That's part of the game. Warren Buffett

Game, Decisions, Worth, Dumb, Company

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

Ride, People, Street, Place, Advice, Get

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