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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Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction.

Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction.

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

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

Value is what you get.

Value is what you get.

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

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

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...

We enjoy the process far more than the proceeds.

We enjoy the process far more than the proceeds.

Value is what you get.

Value is what you get.

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...

I just think that - when a country needs more income and we do, we're...

I just think that - when a country needs more income and we do, we're...

I think the most important factor in getting out of the recession actually is just...

I think the most important factor in getting out of the recession actually is just...

Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.

Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.

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...

It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior...

It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior...

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

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

If a business does well, the stock eventually follows.

If a business does well, the stock eventually follows.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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.