You could be somewhere where the mail was delayed three weeks and do just fine investing.

That which is not worth doing at all is not worth doing well.

In a bull market, one must avoid the error of the preening duck that quacks boastfully after a torrential rainstorm, thinking that its paddling skills have caused it to rise in the world. A right-thinking duck would instead compare its position after the downpour to that of the other ducks on the pond.

I always invest in companies an idiot could run, because one day one will.

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

I think the oversight is great, and I think that oversight ought to be devoted almost entirely to the question is this being done at market you know. In other words, you want to make sure that the government isn't investing foolishly. But you don't want to care about which congressional districts it goes to or whether banks get favored over.

Charlie [Munger] and I are not big fans of resumes. Instead, we focus on brains, passion and integrity.