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The plan itself is opportunism. There is no plan before that.

Stocks are the only thing that people are happy to buy when the price goes up.

The nature of democracy is such that when there's - there'll be revulsion, obviously, towards - that's never going to happen again.

The ability to say no is a tremendous advantage for an investor.

It is better to point out your own mistakes than have somebody else do it.

My father was the best person i've ever known.

If you don't find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die.

I do know that when I am 60, I should be attempting to achieve different personal goals than those which had priority at age 20.

To be successful, look for the job you will take if you don't need a job

Do not save what is left after spending; instead spend what is left after saving.

All I have to do is think and not be influenced by others,

If you can eliminate the government as a 39.6% partner, then you will be much better off.

I am not a businessman, I am an artist

Can you imagine any public company embracing a business model that would lead to the decline in revenue that we experienced from 1986 through 1999?

It irritates the hell out of me but you can't buy love.

Failing conventionally is the route to go; as a group, lemmings may have a rotten image, but no individual lemming has ever received bad press

Wall Street makes its money on activity. You make your money on inactivity.

The obligation of a society as prosperous as ours is to figure out how nobody gets left too far behind.

The Stock Market is designed to transfer money from the Active to the Patient.

Problems in a company are like cockroaches in the kitchen. You will never find just one

If you aren't thinking about owning a stock for ten years, don't even think about owning it for ten minutes.

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

Cultivate curiosity and strive to become a little wiser every day.

As far as you are concerned, the stock market does not exist. Ignore it.

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

Knowing what to leave out is just as important as knowing what to focus on.

All there is to investing is picking good stocks at good times and staying with them as long as they remain good companies.

Possessing a powerful worldwide brand is essential for sustained success.

You should invest like a Catholic marries: for life.

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

An investor should act as though he had a lifetime decision card with just twenty punches on it.

The most dangerous distractions are the ones you love, but that don't love you back.

A stock doesn't know that you own it.

In a difficult business, no sooner is one problem solved than another surfaces - never is there just one cockroach in the kitchen.

My wealth has come from a combination of living in America, some lucky genes, and compound interest.

Well, it may be all right in practice, but it will never work in theory

Always invest for the long term.

Good profits simply are not inconsistent with good behavior.

An IPO is like a negotiated transaction - the seller chooses when to come public - and it's unlikely to be a time that's favourable to you.

John Maynard Keynes essentially said, don't try and figure out what the market is doing. Figure out a business you understand, and concentrate.

Investment must be rational; if you can't understand it, don't do it.

If you lose money for the firm, I will be forgiving. If you lose reputation, I will be ruthless.

Things you like to do should be a hobby of yours, but things the world does should be a business of yours.

Cash never makes us happy, but it's better to have the money burning a hole in Berkshire's pocket than resting comfortably in someone else's.

Having firstrate people on the team is more important than designing hierarchies and clarifying who reports to whom

In the world of business, the people who are most successful are those who are doing what they love.

Value is what you get.

Remember that the stock market is manic-depressive.

Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction.

Focus alone is not enough; putting in the time to commit is also crucial to achieve success.

The best way to own common stocks is through an index fund.

Activity is the enemy of investment returns.

You can be sure that over the next 10 years, you'll see something that you did not think was possible.

Charlie's dictum: All I want to know is where I'm going to die so I'll never go there.

Continually challenge and be willing to amend your best loved ideas.

Take the high road; it's far less crowded.

You do not adequately protect yourself by being half awake when other are sleeping.

I sent one e-mail in my life. I sent it to Jeff Raikes at Microsoft, and it ended up in court in Minneapolis, so I am one for one.

Unfortunately, the hangover may prove to be proportional to the binge.

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

If you are not willing to own a stock for 10 years, do not even think about owning it for 10 minutes.

Lethargy, bordering on sloth should remain the cornerstone of an investment style.

Truly conservative actions arise from intelligent hypotheses, correct facts and sound reasoning.

In investing, just as in baseball, to put runs on the scoreboard, one must watch the playing field, not the scoreboard.

Never depend on a single source of income.

The most important quality for an investor is temperament, not intellect.

What's nice about investing is you don't have to swing at every pitch.

Charlie and I would follow a buy-and-hold policy even if we ran a tax-exempt institution.

We continue to make more money when snoring than when active.

The greater the potential for reward in the value portfolio, the less risk there is.

A very rich person should leave his kids enough to do anything, but not enough to do nothing.

Learning how to live is much more important than learning how to make a living.

Optimism.. is the enemy of the rational buyer

Gold has two significant shortcomings, being neither of much use nor procreative.

Buy into a company because you want to own it, not because you want the stock to go up.

Focus on your customers and lead your people as though their lives depend on your success.

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

Credit worthiness is like virginity, it can be preserved but not restored very easily, so it is crazy to play around with it.

Investment decision should be made on the basis of the most probable compounding of after-tax net worth with minimum risk.

Investors should remember that excitement and expenses are their enemies.

There is no perfect mathematical formula for pricing a business.

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

Diversification may preserve wealth, but concentration builds wealth.

The truth is, everything that has happened in my life ... that I thought was a crushing event at the time, has turned out for the better.

I always invest in companies an idiot could run, because one day one will.

If past history was all that is needed to play the game of money, the richest people would be librarians.

I'm putting all my money in the Chinese toy market.

Valuing a business is part art and part science.

Never test the depth of river with both the feet.

Does management resist the institutional imperative?

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

You shouldn't own common stocks if a 50 per cent decrease in their value in a short period of time would cause you acute distress.

Cash combined with courage in a time of crisis is priceless.

Accounting is the language of business.

My job is essentially just corralling more and more and more facts and information, and occasionally seeing whether that leads to some action.

The thing to do is to keep your mind when the world around you is losing theirs.

Our favorite holding period is forever.

A bull market is like sex. It feels best just before it ends.

Investing is laying out money now to get more money back in the future.

Invest in as much of yourself as you can, you are your own biggest asset by far.