Trust is like the air we breathe--when it's present, nobody really notices; when it's absent, everybody notices.
Warren BuffettWe need a tax system that essentially takes very good care of the people who just really aren't as well adapted to the market system but are nevertheless doing useful things in the society.
Warren Buffett... not doing what we love in the name of greed is very poor management of our lives.
Warren BuffettWe rarely use much debt and, when we do, we attempt to structure it on a long-term fixed rate basis. We will reject interesting opportunities rather than over-leverage our balance sheet. This conservatism has penalized our results but it is the only behavior that leaves us comfortable, considering our fiduciary obligations to policyholders, depositors, lenders and the many equity holders who have committed unusually large portions of their net worth to our care.
Warren Buffett