Stefan > Stefan's Quotes

“You never know who's swimming naked until the tide goes out.”
― Warren Buffett

“Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing”
― Warren Buffett

“Honesty is a very expensive gift, Don't expect it from cheap people.”
― Warren Buffett

“There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult. ”
― Warren Buffett

“If you've been playing poker for half an hour and you still don't know who the patsy is, you're the patsy.”
― Warren Buffett

“It’s better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you’ll drift in that direction.”
― Warren Buffett

“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

“There comes a time when you ought to start doing what you want. Take a job that you love. You will jump out of bed in the morning. I think you are out of your mind if you keep taking jobs that you don't like because you think it will look good on your resume. Isn't that a little like saving up sex for your old age?”
― Warren Buffett

“I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business. I read and think. So I do more reading and thinking, and make less impulse decisions than most people in business. I do it because I like this kind of life.”
― Warren Buffett

“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.”
― Warren Buffett

“Forecasts may tell you a great deal about the forecaster; they tell you nothing about the future.”
― Warren Buffett

“You know ... you keep doing the same things and you keep getting the same result over and over again.”
― Warren Buffett

“What the wise do in the beginning, fools do in the end.”
― Warren Buffett

“Wall Street is the only place that people drive to in a Rolls Royce to take advice from people who ride the subway.”
― Warren Buffett

“[Gold] gets dug out of the ground in Africa, or someplace. Then we melt it down, dig another hole, bury it again and pay people to stand around guarding it. It has no utility. Anyone watching from Mars would be scratching their head.”
― Warren Buffett