Buffett famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • You'll never make your mark as a writer unless you develop a respect for words and a curiosity about their shades of meaning that is almost obsessive. The English language is rich in strong and supple words. Take the time to root around and find the ones you want

  • I end up not buying a lot of things, because I find them ridiculous.

  • I think it’s fairly common for writers to be afflicted with two simultaneous yet contradictory delusions, the burning certainty that we’re unique geniuses, and the constant fear that we’re witless frauds who are speeding toward epic failure.

  • The phenomenon of economic ignorance is so widespread, and its consequences so frightening, that the objective of reducing that ignorance becomes a goal invested with independent moral worth. But the economic education needed to reduce such ignorance must be based on austere, objective, scientific content—with no ideological or moral content of its own.

  • The way is shut. Then they halted and looked at him and saw that he lived still; but he did not look at them. The way is shut, his voice said again. It was made by those who are Dead, and the Dead keep it, until the time comes. The way is shut.

  • A young man's passion, a jaded siren's last chance for love, a world gone mad, cheap thrills, fast cars, expensive wines, the triumph of victory, the overthrow of ontologically incipient hegemony, and gum! I have no idea if this book has any of them! But I liked the part about the bunny.

  • The last thing we need is yet another makeup company. Even I have a nervous breakdown when I go through the department store makeup floor.

  • Every man should make up his mind that if he expects to succeed, he must give an honest return for the other man's dollar.

  • Perhaps I'm missing the gene for making enemies.

  • I became a general contractor in my early 20s. I have been in the business for over 35 years