Expect hogs to eat a lot more in the presence of a lot of hog wash.

If you don't keep learning, other people will pass you by. Temperament alone won't do it - you need a lot of curiosity for a long, long time.

Assume life will be really tough, and then ask if you can handle it. If the answer is yes, you've won.

I’d say that Berkshire Hathaway’s system is adapting to the nature of the investment problem as it really is. We’ve really made the money out of high quality businesses. In some cases, we bought the whole business. And in some cases, we just bought a big block of stock. But when you analyze what happened, the big money’s been made in the high quality businesses. And most of the other people who’ve made a lot of money have done so in high quality businesses.

We have a passion for keeping things simple.

The safest way to get what you want is to deserve what you want.

I've been associated with Warren ( Buffett) so long, I thought I'd be just a footnote.