Warren Buffett Money Quotes

 

This page contains a collection of money quotes by Warren Buffett about money and investing. Some of the key ideas discussed are the importance of long-term thinking in investments, avoiding risk that can lose your initial capital, and being fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful in the stock market. It also contains advice about buying good companies and holding them forever, as well as not overpaying for assets just because you can borrow money to finance the purchase.

 
Lose money for the firm, and I will be understanding. Lose a shred of reputation for the firm, and I will be ruthless Quote

“Lose money for the firm, and I will be understanding. Lose a shred of reputation for the firm, and I will be ruthless” — Warren Buffett

 

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

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

 

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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 Quote
 

“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” — Warren Buffett

 

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Arithmetic makes it plain that inflation is a far more devastating tax than anything that has been enacted by our legislature. The inflation tax has a fantastic ability to simply consume capital Quote
 

“Arithmetic makes it plain that inflation is a far more devastating tax than anything that has been enacted by our legislature. The inflation tax has a fantastic ability to simply consume capital”

 

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If I ever get elected president, I will never claim credit for anything the market does, because I don’t want to be blamed when it goes the other direction Quote
 

“If I ever get elected president, I will never claim credit for anything the market does, because I don’t want to be blamed when it goes the other direction”

 

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Trump Failed because of Leverage Borrowed not enough thought of how he could pay back Quote
 

“I’ve seen more people fail because of liquor and leverage – leverage being borrowed money. Donald Trump failed because of leverage. He simply got infatuated with how much money he could borrow, and he did not give enough thought to how much money he could pay back.”

 

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Just imagine having something that every time you just hit a click the cash register rung somewhere around California Quote
 

“Just imagine having something that every time you just hit a click the cash register rung somewhere around California”

 

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There’s been far, far, far more money made by people in Wall Street through salesmanship abilities than through investment abilities Quote
 

“There’s been far, far, far more money made by people in Wall Street through salesmanship abilities than through investment abilities”

 

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It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price Quote
 

“It’s far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price”

 

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Don't save what is left after spending; spend what is left after saving Quote
 

“Don’t save what is left after spending; spend what is left after saving

 

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Warren Buffett Of our 49 billion, we haven't moved any to Bitcoin quote
 

“Of our 49 billion, we haven’t moved any to Bitcoin

 

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You should invest in a business that even a fool can run, because someday a fool will Quote
 

“You should invest in a business that even a fool can run, because someday a fool will”

 

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Trump Overpaid for Properties, got people to lend money, never any real Equity  Quote
 

“Where did Donald Trump go wrong? The big problem with Donald Trump was he never went right. He basically overpaid for properties, but he got people to lend him the money. He was terrific at borrowing money. If you look at his assets, and what he paid for them, and what he borrowed to get them, there was never any real equity there”

 

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When forced to choose, I will not trade even a night's sleep for the chance of extra profits Quote
 

“When forced to choose, I will not trade even a night’s sleep for the chance of extra profits”

 

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Investing is laying out money today to receive more money tomorrow Quote
 

“Investing is laying out money today to receive more money tomorrow”

 

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The most important quality for an investor is temperament, not intellect... You need a temperament that neither derives great pleasure from being with the crowd or against the crowd Quote
 

“The most important quality for an investor is temperament, not intellect… You need a temperament that neither derives great pleasure from being with the crowd or against the crowd

 

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Nothing sedates rationality like large doses of effortless money Quote
 

“Nothing sedates rationality like large doses of effortless money

 

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I am a better investor because I am a businessman, and a better businessman because I am no investor Quote
 

“I am a better investor because I am a businessman, and a better businessman because I am no investor”

 

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My friends and I have been coddled long enough by a billionaire-friendly Congress Quote
 

“My friends and I have been coddled long enough by a billionaire-friendly Congress

 

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I buy expensive suits. They just look cheap on me Quote
 

I buy expensive suits. They just look cheap on me

 

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You don’t need to be a rocket scientist. Investing is not a game where the guy with the 160 IQ beats the guy with 130 IQ Quote
 

“You don’t need to be a rocket scientist. Investing is not a game where the guy with the 160 IQ beats the guy with 130 IQ”

 

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It is optimism that is the enemy of the rational buyer Quote
 

“It is optimism that is the enemy of the rational buyer

 

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If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians Quote
 

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

 

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A vast collection of possessions ends up possessing its owner. The asset I most value, aside from health, is interesting, diverse, and long-standing friends Quote
 

“A vast collection of possessions ends up possessing its owner. The asset I most value, aside from health, is interesting, diverse, and long-standing friends”

 

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Warren Buffett Enough money so that they would feel they could do anything, but not so much that they could do nothing quote
 

Enough money so that they would feel they could do anything, but not so much that they could do nothing”

 

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Of the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks before they had money, they are simply jerks with a billion dollars Quote
 

“Of the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks before they had money, they are simply jerks with a billion dollars

 

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Honesty is a very Expensive gift don't expect it from Cheap People Quote
 

Honesty is a very expensive gift – don’t expect it from cheap people”

 

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Creditworthiness is like virginity, it can be preserved but not restored very easily Quote
 

Creditworthiness is like virginity, it can be preserved but not restored very easily”

 

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There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning Quote
 

“There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning

 

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The rich invest in time, the poor invest in money Quote
 

“The rich invest in time, the poor invest in money”

 

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I will tell you the secret to getting rich on Wall Street. You try to be greedy when others are fearful. And you try to be fearful when others are greedy Quote
 

“I will tell you the secret to getting rich on Wall Street. You try to be greedy when others are fearful. And you try to be fearful when others are greedy”

 

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Only buy something that you’d be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for ten years Quote
 

“Only buy something that you’d be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for ten years”

 

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If you aren’t willing to own a stock for ten years, don’t even think about owning it for ten minutes Quote
 

“If you aren’t willing to own a stock for ten years, don’t even think about owning it for ten minutes”

 

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To make money they didn't have and didn't need, they risked what they did have and did need, and that's foolish. Quote
 

“To make money they didn’t have and didn’t need, they risked what they did have and did need, and that’s foolish”
 

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Nobody buys a farm based on whether they think it’s going to rain next year. They buy it because they think it’s a good investment over 10 or 20 years Quote
 

“Nobody buys a farm based on whether they think it’s going to rain next year. They buy it because they think it’s a good investment over 10 or 20 years

 

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Every decade or so, dark clouds will fill the economic skies, and they will briefly rain gold. When downpours of that sort occur, it’s imperative that we rush outdoors carrying washtubs, not teaspoons Quote
 

“Every decade or so, dark clouds will fill the economic skies, and they will briefly rain gold. When downpours of that sort occur, it’s imperative that we rush outdoors carrying washtubs, not teaspoons”

 

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When we own portions of outstanding businesses with outstanding managements, our favorite holding period is forever Quote
 

“When we own portions of outstanding businesses with outstanding managements, our favorite holding period is forever

 

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