Quote

If book knowledge made great investors, than the librarians would all be rich.

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
Investors
Rich
Knowledge
Book
Great
Made
Would
Librarians
Librarian

More quotes by Warren Buffett

Image
I would say it's more important who the treasury secretary is than who the vice president is. If you want to have a debate here, I'd like a debate between potential treasury secretaries than the vice presidential debate.
Warren Buffett
Image
We don't get paid for being busy, we get paid for being right.
Warren Buffett
Image
I don't think it would be crazy to have a model or an entity model on the Reconstruction Finance Corp.
Warren Buffett
Image
I was lucky to have the right heroes. Tell me who your heroes are and I'll tell you how you'll turn out to be. The qualities of the one you admire are the traits that you, with a little practice, can make your own, and that, if practiced, will become habit forming.
Warren Buffett
Image
I don't have my diploma from the University of Nebraska hanging on my office wall, and I don't have my diploma from Columbia up there either-but I do have my Dale Carnegie graduation certificate proudly displayed.
Warren Buffett
Image
Things you like to do should be a hobby of yours, but things the world does should be a business of yours.
Warren Buffett
Image
I mean, Hank Paulson is in there [ Treasury] at the wrong time, probably shouldn't have taken the job. He's a friend of mine. But he knows markets, he knows corporations' work, he knows money, and he's got the interests of the country at heart.
Warren Buffett
Image
Be fearful when the markets get greedy, be greedy when the markets get fearful.
Warren Buffett
Image
With enough insider information and a million dollars, you can go broke in a year.
Warren Buffett
Image
It's nice to have a lot of money, but you know, you don't want to keep it around forever. I prefer buying things. Otherwise, it's a little like saving sex for your old age.
Warren Buffett
Image
The most important thing in terms of your circle of competence is not how large the area of it is, but how well you've defined the perimeter.
Warren Buffett
Image
... not doing what we love in the name of greed is very poor management of our lives.
Warren Buffett
Image
A single year's performance is of minor importance and, good or bad, should never be taken seriously.
Warren Buffett
Image
When we really sit back with a smile on our face is when we run into a situation we can understand, where the facts are ascertainable and clear, and the course of action obvious.
Warren Buffett
Image
The critical investment factor is determining the intrinsic value of a business and paying a fair or bargain price.
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
A stock doesn't know that you own it.
Warren Buffett
Image
Observing that the market was FREQUENTLY efficient, EMT Adherents went on to conclude incorrectly that it was ALWAYS efficient. The difference between these propositions is night and day.
Warren Buffett
Image
You are neither right nor wrong because the crowd disagrees with you.
Warren Buffett
Image
I’ve never believed in risking what my family and friends have and need in order to pursue what they don’t have and don’t need.
Warren Buffett