Quote

Take Wrigley's Chewing Gum. I don't think the Internet is going to change how people chew gum.

Warren Buffett

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Warren Buffett
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: August 30
Entrepreneur
Financier
Investor
Shareholder
Omaha
Nebraska
Warren Edward Buffett
People
Chew
Chewing
Internet
Change
Take
Going
Think
Wrigley
Thinking
Gum

More quotes by Warren Buffett

Image
The important thing is to keep playing, to play against weak opponents and to play for big stakes.
Warren Buffett
Image
Inactivity strikes us as intelligent behavior.
Warren Buffett
Image
I think what people understand there probably - well, they were hoping the private sector would do it [rescuing AIG ].
Warren Buffett
Image
Accounting consequences do not influence our operating or capital-allocation decisions. When acquisition costs are similar, we much prefer to purchase $2 of earnings that is not reportable by us under standard accounting principles than to purchase $1 of earnings that is reportable.
Warren Buffett
Image
If you invested in a very low cost index fund - where you don't put the money in at one time, but average in over 10 years -you'll do better than 90% of people who start investing at the same time.
Warren Buffett
Image
I try to buy stock in businesses that are so wonderful that an idiot can run them. Because sooner or later, one will.
Warren Buffett
Image
In the end, alchemy, whether it is metallurgical or financial, fails. A base business can not be transformed into a golden business by tricks of accounting or capital structure. The man claiming to be a financial alchemist may become rich. But gullible investors rather than business achievements will usually be the source of his wealth.
Warren Buffett
Image
At Berkshire, I both initiate and monitor every derivatives contract on our books ... If Berkshire ever gets in trouble, it will be my fault. It will not be because of the misjudgments made by a risk committee or chief risk officer.
Warren Buffett
Image
I learned to go into business only with people whom I like, trust, and admire.
Warren Buffett
Image
What's nice about investing is you don't have to swing at every pitch.
Warren Buffett
Image
People who watch their weight, golf scores, and fuel bills seem to shun quantitative evaluation of their investment management skills although it involves the most important client in the world-themselves.
Warren Buffett
Image
If you want your business to survive for 100 years, you've got to make it through every single day for 100 years. It's not enough to do it 99.9% of the time.
Warren Buffett
Image
Turnarounds seldom turn.
Warren Buffett
Image
Take the job you would take if you were independently wealthy. You're going to do well at it.
Warren Buffett
Image
There is no perfect mathematical formula for pricing a business.
Warren Buffett
Image
Never depend on a single source of income.
Warren Buffett
Image
The same things happen to quite an extent around the globe. I mean, the European banks were doing what the American banks were.
Warren Buffett
Image
Ignore the stock market, ignore the economy, and buy a business you understand.
Warren Buffett
Image
There's nothing inappropriate about having debt in America. It's what helped us grow over time. And it's when debt gets out of control that you worry.
Warren Buffett
Image
I get to do what I like to do every single day of the year.
Warren Buffett