A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought.

If you lose money for the firm, I will be forgiving. If you lose reputation, I will be ruthless.

All day you wait for the pitch you like; then when the fielders are asleep, you step up and hit it.

Intensity is the price of excellence.

The best investment you can make, is an investment in yourself... The more you learn, the more you'll earn.

I will do anything that is basically covered by the law to reduce Berkshire's tax rate. For example, on wind energy, we get a tax credit if we build a lot of wind farms. That's the only reason to build them. They don't make sense without the tax credit.

I am a better investor because I am a businessman, and a better businessman because I am no investor.