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I have never been able to und...

I have never been able to understand why the tax comes as such a body blow to many people since the rate on long-term capital gain is lower than on most likes of endeavor (tax policy indicated digging ditches is regarded as socially less desirable than shuffling stock certificates).

Warren Buffett 877 quotes

I am not worried about the co...

I am not worried about the country. I'm just worried about anything that gums up the potential of the country. And right now, it's pretty gummed up.

Warren Buffett 877 quotes

It is obvious that the perfor...

It is obvious that the performance of a stock last year or last month is no reason, per se, to either own it or to not own it now. It is obvious that an inability to "get even" in a security that has declined is of no importance. It is obvious that the inner warm glow that results from having held a winner last year is of no importance in making a decision as to whether it belongs in an optimum portfolio this year.

Warren Buffett 877 quotes

You get what I call the natur...

You get what I call the natural progression, the three Is. The innovators, the imitators, and the idiots.

Warren Buffett 877 quotes

Equities will do well over ti...

Equities will do well over time - you just have to avoid getting excited when other people are getting excited.

Warren Buffett 877 quotes

We've been in a recession, by...

We've been in a recession, by any common sense definition, because if you look at the American public, they've got 20 billion - 20 trillion, I should say, worth of residential homes.

Warren Buffett 877 quotes

They [Goverment] take from th...

They [Goverment] take from the woman who comes in and takes the wastebaskets out.

Warren Buffett 877 quotes

If you want a government that...

If you want a government that's going to do the things we ask our government to do, you've got to get it from somebody.

Warren Buffett 877 quotes

When we went crazy, and we di...

When we went crazy, and we did go crazy on residential real estate, it set things in motion that just - the dominoes started toppling.

Warren Buffett 877 quotes

We're paying maybe 25 percent...

We're paying maybe 25 percent of the income tax, but the payroll tax is over a third of the receipts of the federal government. And they don't take that from me on capital gains. They don't take that from me on dividends.

Warren Buffett 877 quotes

Government can't deliver a fr...

Government can't deliver a free lunch to the country as a whole. It can, however, determine who pays for lunch. And last week the Senate handed the bill to the wrong party... the poor and middle class.

Warren Buffett 877 quotes

There's nothing inappropriate...

There's nothing inappropriate about having debt in America. It's what helped us grow over time. And it's when debt gets out of control that you worry.

Warren Buffett 877 quotes

I certainly do believe anyone...

I certainly do believe anyone engaged in the management of money should have a standard of measurement, and that both he and the party whose money is managed should have a clear understanding why it is the appropriate standard, what time period should be utilized, etc.

Warren Buffett 877 quotes

At Berkshire, I both initiate...

At Berkshire, I both initiate and monitor every derivatives contract on our books ... If Berkshire ever gets in trouble, it will be my fault. It will not be because of the misjudgments made by a risk committee or chief risk officer.

Warren Buffett 877 quotes

Our future rates of gain will...

Our future rates of gain will fall far short of those achieved in the past. Berkshire's capital base is now simply too large to allow us to earn truly outsized returns. If you believe otherwise, you should consider a career in sales but avoid one in mathematics.

Warren Buffett 877 quotes

Market price, while used excl...

Market price, while used exclusively to value our investments in minority positions, is not a relevant factor when applied to our controlling interests.

Warren Buffett 877 quotes

My rather puritanical view is...

My rather puritanical view is that any investment manager, whether operating as broker, investment counselor of a trust department, investment company, etc., should be willing to state unequivocally what he is going to attempt to accomplish and how he proposes to measure the extent to which he gets the job done.

Warren Buffett 877 quotes

If some institution wants to ...

If some institution wants to sell you a billion dollars worth of mortgages, they might have to sell 100 million in the market, and then you'll buy the other 900 million on the same terms. Now, the very fact that this has been authorized or will be authorized, I hope, will firm up the market to some degree. And that's fine. But you don't want to have artificial prices being paid.

Warren Buffett 877 quotes

Nevertheless, as circumstance...

Nevertheless, as circumstances presently appear, I feel substantially greater size is more likely to harm future results than to help them. This might not be true for my own personal results, but it is likely to be true for your results.

Warren Buffett 877 quotes

In my opinion, the entire fie...

In my opinion, the entire field of investment management, involving hundreds of billions of dollars, would be more satisfactorily conducted if everyone had a good yardstick for measurement of ability and sensibly applied it.

Warren Buffett 877 quotes

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