Quotes from Warren Buffett

You know, people talk about this being an uncertain time. You know, all time is uncertain. I mean, it was uncertain back in - in 2007, we just didn't know it was uncertain. It was - uncertain on September 10th, 2001. It was uncertain on October 18th, 1987, you just didn't know it.

The rich invest in time, the poor invest in money.

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

When people tell me they've learned from experience, I tell them the trick is to learn from other people's experience.

The wise man once said invest young

Successful Investing takes time, discipline and patience. No matter how great the talent or effort, some things just take time: You can't produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant.

You can't produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant.

If you have a great manager, you want to pay him very well.

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

Occasionally, a man must rise above principles.

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

If you've been playing poker for half an hour and you still don't know who the patsy is, you're the patsy.

I could end the deficit in 5 minutes. You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP all sitting members of congress are ineligible for reelection.

Forecasts may tell you a great deal about the forecaster; they tell you nothing about the future.

You will continue to suffer if you have an emotional reaction to everything that is said to you. True power is sitting back and observing things with magic. True power is restraint. If words control you that means everyone else can control you. Breathe and allow things to pass.

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

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

You've gotta keep control of your time, and you can't unless you say no. You can't let people set your agenda in life.

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.

People always ask me where they should go to work, and I always tell them to go to work for whom they admire the most.

Tell me who your heroes are and I'll tell you how you'll turn out to be.

Opportunities come infrequently. When it rains gold, put out the bucket, not the thimble

Life is like a snowball. The important thing is finding wet snow and a really long hill.

Gold] gets dug out of the ground in Africa, or someplace. Then we melt it down, dig another hole, bury it again and pay people to stand around guarding it. It has no utility. Anyone watching from Mars would be scratching their head.