Author: Warren Buffett

I violated the Noah rule: Predicting rain doesn’t count; building arks does.

(1930 – ) financier & investment businessman
Situations

If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.

(1930 – ) financier & investment businessman
Money Wealth

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

(1930 – ) financier & investment businessman
Characteristics Problems

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

(1930 – ) financier & investment businessman
Money

I don't look to jump over seven-foot bars: I look around for one-foot bars that I can step over.

(1930 – ) financier & investment businessman
Problems

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

(1930 – ) financier & investment businessman
Money

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

(1930 – ) financier & investment businessman
Money

Lethargy bordering on sloth remains the cornerstone of our investment style.

(1930 – ) financier & investment businessman
Money

It's only when the tide goes out that you discover who's been swimming naked.

(1930 – ) financier & investment businessman
Clothing Money

If you have a harem of 40 women, you never get to know any of them very well.

(1930 – ) financier & investment businessman
Money