Our managers have produced extraordinary results by doing rather ordinary things—but doing them exceptionally well. Warren Buffett – American value investor, long-time Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (*1930), in his letter to Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders (1987), Quotations book 2025
The most elusive of human goals: Keeping things simple and remembering what you set out to do. Warren Buffett – American value investor, long-time Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (*1930), in his letter to Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders (1982)
A compact organization lets all of us spend our time managing the business rather than managing each other. Warren Buffett – American value investor, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (*1930), in his letter to Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders (1982), Quotations book 2025
Just run your business as if: (1) You own 100% of it; (2) It is the only asset in the world that you and your family have or will ever have; and (3) You can’t sell it for at least a century. Warren Buffett – American value investor, long-time Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (*1930), in his letter to Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders (1998), Quotations book...
The truly big investment idea can usually be explained in a short paragraph. Warren Buffett – American value investor, long-time Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (*1930), in his letter to Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders (1994), Quotations book 2025
The best way to get a good spouse is to deserve one. Charlie Munger – Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (1924-2023), at the Daily Journal Annual Meeting 2017, Quotations book 2025
I’m all for Artificial Intelligence, as there is such a shortage of the real thing. Charlie Munger – Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (1924-2023), Quotations book 2025
If [investing] weren’t a little difficult, everybody would be rich. Charlie Munger – Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (1924-2023), from “Charlie Munger: The Complete Investor” (2015)
Luck is the chair that suddenly appears when you try to sit between two others. attributed to George Bernard Shaw – Irish writer, Nobel Prize in literature 1925 (1856-1950)
I have held many things in my hands and I have lost them all. But whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I still possess. falsely attributed to Martin Luther – German reformer (1483-1546), was classified as “inauthentic” by experts of the Martin Luther Foundation
La mode se démode, le style jamais. Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel – Créatrice de mode et femme d’affaires française (1883-1971), cité par Edmonde Charles-Roux dans “Le Temps Chanel” (1979), Brochure de citation 2025 Fashion fades, style never does. Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel – French Fashion designer and businesswoman (1883-1971), quoted by Edmonde...
I’ve learned an important trick: to develop foresight, you need to practice hindsight. Jane McGonigal – American author, game designer, and researcher (b. 1977), from “Reality is Broken – Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World” (2011)
The most contrarian thing of all is not to oppose the crowd but to think for yourself. Peter A. Thiel – German-born American investor and company founder: PayPal (b. 1967), from “Zero to One: Notes on Start Ups, or How to Build the Future” (2014), Quotations book 2025
There is no friend as loyal as a book. Ernest M. Hemingway – American writer, Nobel Prize in literature 1954 (1899-1961), as quoted in “The Good Life According To Hemingway” (2008), Quotations book 2025
The way to judge yourself is inertia analysis. Run your January 1 portfolio for the full year without any changes and compare it to your actual results. It’s awful because some years you realize all you did was subtract value when you went into the office. Nicolai Tangen – Norwegian hedge fund manager, founder of AKO Capital (b. 1966), Quotations book...
Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort. John Ruskin – English writer, painter and social philosopher (1819-1900), from “The Stones of Venice”, volume I (1851)
The stock market is a no-called-strike game. You don’t have to swing at everything — you can wait for your pitch. The problem when you’re a money manager is that your fans keep yelling, “Swing, you bum!” Warren Buffett – American value investor, long-time Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930), at the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting (May 3rd,...
The best thing that happens to us is when a great company gets into temporary trouble … We want to buy them when they’re on the operating table. Warren Buffett – American value investor, long-time Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930), from “Homespun Wisdom from the ‘Oracle of Omaha'”, (“Businessweek”, July 5th,...
Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future. Oscar Wilde – Irish writer (1854-1900), from “A Woman of No Importance”, Third Act (1893)
The trick is to learn most lessons from the experiences of others. Warren Buffett – American value investor, long-time Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (*1930), in his letter to Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders (1985), Quotations book 2025