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A public opinion poll is no substitute for thought.

Warren Buffett

Opinions
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Great investment opportunities come around when excellent companies are surrounded by unusual circumstances that cause the stock to be misappraised.

Warren Buffett

Opportunity
3

I always knew I was going to be rich. I don't think I ever doubted it for a minute.

Warren Buffett

Belief
4

I don't have a problem with guilt about money. The way I see it is that my money represents an enormous number of claim checks on society. It's like I have these little pieces of paper that I can turn into consumption. If I wanted to, I could hire 10,000 people to do nothing but paint my picture every day for the rest of my life. And the GNP would go up. But the utility of the product would be zilch, and I would be keeping those 10,000 people from doing AIDS research, or teaching, or nursing. I don't do that though. I don't use very many of those claim checks. There's nothing material I want very much. And I'm going to give virtually all of those claim checks to charity when my wife and I die.

Warren Buffett
5

I don't look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over.

Warren Buffett

Things and Little Things
6

I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for five years.

Warren Buffett

Money
7

I personally think that society is responsible for a very significant percentage of what I've earned. If you stick me down in the middle of Bangladesh or Peru or someplace, you find out how much this talent is going to produce in the wrong kind of soil... I work in a market system that happens to reward what I do very well - disproportionately well. Mike Tyson, too. If you can knock a guy out in 10 seconds and earn $10 million for it, this world will pay a lot for that. If you can bat .360, this world will pay a lot for that. If you're a marvelous teacher, this world won't pay a lot for it. If you are a terrific nurse, this world will not pay a lot for it. Now, am I going to try to come up with some comparable worth system that somehow (re)distributes that? No, I don't think you can do that. But I do think that when you're treated enormously well by this market system, where in effect the market system showers the ability to buy goods and services on you because of some peculiar talent - maybe your adenoids are a certain way, so you can sing and everybody will pay you enormous sums to be on television or whatever -I think society has a big claim on that.

Warren Buffett
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I want to give my kids enough so that they could feel that they could do anything, but not so much that they could do nothing

Warren Buffett
9

If a business does well, the stock eventually follows.

Warren Buffett

Business
10

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

Warren Buffett

Change
11

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.

Warren Buffett

Reputation
12

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

Warren Buffett

Business
13

Our favorite holding period is forever.

Warren Buffett

Investment
14

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

Warren Buffett

Value
15

Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.

Warren Buffett

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

Warren Buffett

Money
17

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

Warren Buffett

Action
18

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

Warren Buffett

Simplicity
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The investor of today does not profit from yesterday's growth.

Warren Buffett

Past
20

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

Warren Buffett

Human nature
21

We enjoy the process far more than the proceeds.

Warren Buffett

Pleasure
22

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

Management
23

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

Opportunity
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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

Success

A List of Famous Warren Buffett Quotes you can use this list to help make your own ranked list about this topic

A public opinion poll is no substitute for thought.

Great investment opportunities come around when excellent companies are surrounded by unusual circumstances that cause the stock to be misappraised.

I always knew I was going to be rich. I don't think I ever doubted it for a minute.

I don't look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over.

I never attempt to make money on the stock market. I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for five years.

I want to give my kids enough so that they could feel that they could do anything, but not so much that they could do nothing

If a business does well, the stock eventually follows.

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

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.

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

Our favorite holding period is forever.

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

Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.

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

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

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

The investor of today does not profit from yesterday's growth.

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

We enjoy the process far more than the proceeds.

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.

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.

You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.