Warren Buffett Quotes

I have a saying: There are no brave old people in finance. Because if you're brave, you mostly get destroyed in your 30s and 40s. If you make it to your 50s and 60s and you're still prospering, you have a very good sense of how to avoid problems and when to be conservative or aggressive with your investments.

I'm smart with my money, I invest conservatively. I don't mind paying top-dollar, but I don't want to get ripped off.

Thank God I have a financial planner who is really conservative.

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

I haven't been as wild with my money as somebody like me might have been. I've been very safe, very conservative with investments. I don't blow money. I don't have a ton of houses. I know things can go away. I've already had that experience.

There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate [on the Stock Market]: when he can't afford it, and when he can.

My wife and I invest very, very conservatively.

That's why I be so careful with my money and always try to invest. I see people who have it all and then lose it.

By refusing to pay too much for an investment, you minimize the chances that your wealth will ever disappear or suddenly be destroyed.

I called my business manager in California and said, 'Sell all of my stock' - what little of it I had - and it's the only smart financial move I ever made.

It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is nothing and is ruled by prudence.

I've seen so many people in this business that made a fortune. They get old and broke and can't make any money. I tell you something... no one's going to play a benefit for Jimmy Dean.

I am very conservative. I don't invest in anything that is risky. If someone comes to me with a project idea, I let them risk their money, not mine.

We've always been modestly leveraged, and we've never believed in a great deal of leverage on either our private equity business or on our investment banking business. And I think it really goes back to my uncle and dad growing up in the Depression and just seeing what happened to people who were overly levered.

I invest in funds myself even though I run my own fund for my daughters.

You have to make sure that your assets and your back is protected before you make any big decisions.

I just like to keep my money in the bank; I'm not a big risk-taker. I don't know anything about the stock market... I stay away from things I don't know anything about.

I don't have any blindness when it comes to my money. As an actor, you can get distracted by your work. I do keep an eye on my nest egg, if you will.

People working in the private sector should try to save money. There remains the possibility that it may someday be valuable again.

My opinion is just be very careful when you're young and making the money.

The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.

One of the great responsibilities that I have is to manage my assets wisely, so that they create value.

Investing is for wealth preservation, not wealth creation, so first you have to make wealth.

I don't want to be one of those guys that you see who made $4 million, invested $3.5 million, and now you work at Wendy's.

And I trusted someone to look after me on the business side of life.