Of the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks before they had money, they are simply jerks with a billion dollars.

Quote by Warren Buffett

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I buy expensive suits. They just look cheap on me.

I buy expensive suits. They just look cheap on me.

You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long...

You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long...

Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather...

Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather...

Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote.

Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote.

Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is...

Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is...

When a management team with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation...

When a management team with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation...

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

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

The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. [For] to a degree, people...

The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. [For] to a degree, people...

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

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

Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to...

Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to...

Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction.

Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction.

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

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

A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought.

A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought.

Value is what you get.

Value is what you get.

When you combine ignorance and leverage, you get some pretty interesting results.

When you combine ignorance and leverage, you get some pretty interesting results.

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If...

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If...

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

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

If a business does well, the stock eventually follows.

If a business does well, the stock eventually follows.

We believe that according the name 'investors' to institutions that trade actively is like calling...

We believe that according the name 'investors' to institutions that trade actively is like calling...

When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for...

When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for...