Warren Buffett Quotes

All I'm trying to do is manage money and take care of my shareholders.

Having the opportunity to follow the market frequently gives you the opportunity to see if you need to reevaluate your portfolio. But reevaluating your portfolio shouldn't trigger a sell signal so frequently.

The Interros strategy toward various assets generally depends on the stage of their development and level of their maturity.

Income from property is not the reward of waiting, it is the reward of employing a good stockbroker.

When people ask me what I do for a living, I generally tell them 'I run a hedge fund.' The majority give me a strange look, so I quickly add, 'I am a money manager.' When the strange look persists, as it often does, I correct it to simply, 'I'm an investor.' Everyone knows what that is.

Never mingle your speculative and investment operations in the same account nor in any part of your thinking.

There is a big difference between using V.C. money that you blow and spending your own personal money.

Never underrate the importance of asset allocation.

You want all the money inside football. We do not have a bottomless pit of money. There are constraints. That's why some deals I have said no to because of the finances of them.

Berkshire Hathaway can transfer excess capital from businesses that don't need it to businesses that do need it, tax free and in a way that enhances compound annual growth rates.

Do not go out first thing after signing a contract and buy assets that are huge compared to the contract signed. Just because you have money for the first time doesn't mean you have to spend it before you know all the ramifications of buying the assets.

You just have to approach every day and say, 'If you were starting fresh today, what would my portfolio look like?' So that's how we think about it.

I don't think you should put all your money in one place. It must be invested in different investments.

I think one should definitely invest, not all the money in one go but keep some and invest the rest as and when required.

I have someone who invests my money in a safe way so it continues to grow.

What I do for a living is so high-risk that I try to make sure my portfolio is as conservative as possible.

As in most subjects relating to money management, there's a wide diversity of opinion on portfolio concentration versus diversification.

I founded SkyBridge - an alternative investment management company focused on seeding and partnering with emerging managers and mentoring Wall Street's next generation of Wall Street's entrepreneurs - in 2005.

I take care of my positions when they come.

Accumulated wealth is saved by spending just as incoming fresh water is saved by letting out stagnant water.

Money is for doing things, my love. Don't sit on it like a hen sits on an egg. It doesn't hatch. I should know. I've made enough of it.

Investigate carefully before you invest. Spend as much time researching the investment as you spend earning the money.

Finance is the art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of the manager

In my opinion, the entire field of investment management, involving hundreds of billions of dollars, would be more satisfactorily conducted if everyone had a good yardstick for measurement of ability and sensibly applied it.

The purpose of this book is to supply, in the form suitable for laymen, guidance in the adoption and execution of an investment policy.