Warren Buffett Quotes And Sayings

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“We always live in an uncertain world. What is certain is that the United States will go forward over time.”
– Warren Buffett

“We believe that according the name ‘investors’ to institutions that trade actively is like calling someone who repeatedly engages in one-night stands a ‘romantic.’”
– Warren Buffett

“We enjoy the process far more than the proceeds.”
– Warren Buffett

“We never stretch for yield.”
– Warren Buffett

“We really are in uncharted territory. I have a lot of faith in Bernanke — if he’s taking a risk, he’s taking a risk in an area he knows.”
– Warren Buffett

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

“We will continue to ignore political and economic forecasts, which are an expensive distraction for many investors and businessmen. Thirty years ago, no one could have foreseen the huge expansion of the Vietnam War, wage and price controls, two oil shocks, the resignation of a president, the dissolution of the Soviet Union, a one-day drop in the Dow of 508 points, or treasury bill yields fluctuating between 2.8% and 17.4%.

But, surprise – none of these blockbuster events made the slightest dent in Ben Graham’s investment principles. Nor did they render unsound the negotiated purchases of fine businesses at sensible prices. Imagine the cost to us, then, if we had let a fear of unknowns cause us to defer or alter the deployment of capital. Indeed, we have usually made our best purchases when apprehensions about some macro event were at a peak. Fear is the foe of the faddist, but the friend of the fundamentalist.”
– Warren Buffett

“We’re still in a recession. We’re not gonna be out of it for a while, but we will get out.”
– Warren Buffett

“We’ve used derivatives for many, many years. I don’t think derivatives are evil, per se, I think they are dangerous. …So we use lots of things daily that are dangerous, but we generally pay some attention to how they’re used. We tell the cars how fast they can go.”
– Warren Buffett

“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.”
– Warren Buffett

“What we learn from history is that people don’t learn from history.”
– Warren Buffett

“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

“When we own portions of outstanding businesses with outstanding managements, our favorite holding period is forever.”
– Warren Buffett

“When you combine ignorance and leverage, you get some pretty interesting results.”
– Warren Buffett

“Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Mae West said, ‘Too much of a good thing can be wonderful’.”
– Warren Buffett

“Wide diversification is only required when investors do not understand what they are doing.”
– Warren Buffett

“You are neither right nor wrong because the crowd disagrees with you. You are right because your data and reasoning are right.”
– Warren Buffett

“You do things when the opportunities come along. I’ve had periods in my life when I’ve had a bundle of ideas come along, and I’ve had long dry spells. If I get an idea next week, I’ll do something. If not, I won’t do a damn thing.”
– Warren Buffett

“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.”
– 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.”
– Warren Buffett

“You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don’t do too many things wrong.”
– Warren Buffett

“You should invest in a business that even a fool can run, because someday a fool will.”
– Warren Buffett

“Your goal as an investor should simply be to purchase, at a rational price, a part interest in an easily-understandable business whose earnings are virtually certain to be materially higher five, ten and twenty years from now. Over time, you will find only a few companies that meet these standards – so when you see one that qualifies, you should buy a meaningful amount of stock. You must also resist the temptation to stray from your guidelines: If you aren’t willing to own a stock for ten years, don’t even think about owning it for ten minutes. Put together a portfolio of companies whose aggregate earnings march upward over the years, and so also will the portfolio’s market value.”
– Warren Buffett

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

“If I had to bet whether corporate profits would be 10% of GDP … I would say I think they’re likely to trend downward, but GDP will also be growing, so it won’t be any terrible thing.”
– Warren Buffett

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