Warren Buffett

Investor

1930-08-30

American investor and philanthropist who led Berkshire Hathaway for decades. Known as the "Oracle of Omaha," he is one of the most prominent proponents of value investing. He is widely cited for long-term investment discipline and capital allocation principles.

Books by Warren Buffett

The Intelligent Investor
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The essays of Warren Buffett
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Warren Buffett speaks
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Quotes by Warren Buffett

You know ... you keep doing the same things and you keep getting the same result over and over again.
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If you don't find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die.
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I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business. I read and think. So I do more reading and thinking, and make less impulse decisions than most people in business. I do it because I like this kind of life.
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I could end the deficit in five minutes. You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP all sitting members of congress are ineligible for reelection.
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I could end the deficit in 5 minutes. You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP all sitting members of congress are ineligible for reelection.
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There's class warfare, all right, but it's my class, the rich class, that's making war, and we're winning.
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The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.
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I will tell you the secret to getting rich on Wall Street. You try to be greedy when others are fearful. And you try to be fearful when others are greedy.
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Be Fearful When Others Are Greedy and Greedy When Others Are Fearful
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Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing
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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.
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If you're in the luckiest one per cent of humanity, you owe it to the rest of humanity to think about the other 99 per cent.
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To be successful, look for the job you will take if you don't need a job
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I will tell you the secret to getting rich on Wall Street. You try to be greedy when others are fearful. And you try to be fearful when others are greedy.
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You know ... you keep doing the same things and you keep getting the same result over and over again.
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To be successful, look for the job you will take if you don't need a job
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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.
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There's class warfare, all right, but it's my class, the rich class, that's making war, and we're winning.
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The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.
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Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing
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