Warren Buffett

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

“If you get to my age in life and nobody thinks well of you, I don't care how big your bank account is, your life is a disaster.”

“Our favorite holding period is forever.”

“The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes.”

“We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.”

“When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact.”

“Your premium brand had better be delivering something special, or it's not going to get the business.”

“Risk is a part of God's game, alike for men and nations.”

“In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.”

“Americans are in a cycle of fear which leads to people not wanting to spend and not wanting to make investments, and that leads to more fear. We'll break out of it. It takes time.”

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

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

“Basically, when you get to my age, you'll really measure your success in life by how many of the people you want to have love you actually do love you.”

“Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.”

“The rich are always going to say that, you know, just give us more money and we'll go out and spend more and then it will all trickle down to the rest of you. But that has not worked the last 10 years, and I hope the American public is catching on.”

“If a business does well, the stock eventually follows.”

“Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction.”

“Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”