Warren Buffett

The business schools reward difficult complex behavior more than simple behavior, but simple behavior is more effective.

It's crazy to take little in between jobs just because they look good on your resume. That's like saving sex for your old age. Do what you love and work for whom you admire the most, and you've given yourself the best chance in life you can.

I personally would increase the taxable base above the present ninety thousand. I pay very very little in the way of social security taxes because I make a lot more than ninety thousand and the people in my office pay the full tax.

We would rather look for easier things to do.

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

The stick to what they understand and let their abilities not their egos determine what they attempt.

Only when you combine sound intellect with emotional discipline you get rational behavior.

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

I've never seen a system as good as Coke has now.

This combination virtually assures both Berkshire and General Re shareholders that they will have a better future than if the two companies operated separately

Today's equity prices presage only modest returns for investors

The only time to buy these is on a day with no 'y' in it

I think you'll know what they will do and won't do ... More companies ought to do that.

If calculus or algebra were required to be a great investor I'd have to go back to delivering newspapers.

Just looks. Looks exclusively.

The 3 percent overall federal tax rate I would pay -- if a Berkshire dividend were to be tax free -- seems a bit light.

Putting $1 000 in the pockets of 310 000 families with urgent needs is going to provide far more stimulus to the economy than putting the same $310 million in my pockets.

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

Warren isn't it fair to say that if we did have an opinion we wouldn't tell him?

Despite the lack of precedent a negative coupon security seemed possible in the present interest rate environment ... I asked Goldman Sachs to create such an instrument and they responded promptly with the innovative security being announced today.