Warren Buffett Quotes

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Warren Edward Buffett (born 30 August 1930) is an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is currently the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. He is one of the most successful investors in the world and has a net worth of over $113 billion as of June 2022, making him the world's fifth-wealthiest person.

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Also Known As: The Oracle of Omaha

Alternative Names: Warren Edward Buffett

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If you are investing in your education and you are learning, you should do that as early as you possibly can, because then it will have time to compound over the longest period.

And that the things you do learn and invest in should be knowledge that is cumulative, so that the knowledge builds on itself.

So instead of learning something that might become obsolete tomorrow, like some particular type of software [that no one even uses two years later], choose things that will make you smarter in 10 or 20 years.

I will tell you how to become rich. Close the doors. Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful

stocks of companies selling commodity-like products should come with a warning label: “Competition may prove hazardous to human wealth.

(Thomas J. Watson Sr. of IBM followed the same rule: “I’m no genius,” he said. “I’m smart in spots — but I stay around those spots.”)

But then it dawned on me that the opinion of someone who is always wrong has its own special utility to decision-makers.

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

as happens in Wall Street all too often, what the wise do in the beginning, fools do in the end.

our experience with newly-minted MBAs has not been that great. Their academic records always look terrific and the candidates always know just what to say; but too often they are short on personal commitment to the company and general business savvy. It’s difficult to teach a new dog old tricks.

Buy a stock the way you would buy a house. Understand and like it such that you’d be content to own it in the absence of any market.

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

Our favorite holding period is forever. We are just the opposite of those who hurry to sell and book profits when companies perform well but who tenaciously hang on to businesses that disappoint. Peter Lynch aptly likens such behavior to cutting the flowers and watering the weeds.

Never give up searching for the job that you are passionate about

What the human being is best at doing is interpreting all new information so that their prior conclusions remain intact.

If you see somebody with even reasonable intelligence and a terrific passion for what they do and who can get people around them to march, even when those people can't see over the top of the next hill, things are gonna happen

Reading could be the BEST addiction one could have. The only proven side effect is imagination & an edge in knowledge.