Warren Buffett Investing Money Quotations

Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.

Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway.

It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price.

You do things when the opportunities come along. I've had periods in my life when I've had a bundle of ideas come along, and I've had long dry spells. If I get an idea next week, I'll do something. If not, I won't do a damn thing.

The investor of today does not profit from yesterday's growth.

You can't produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant.

Investors should remember that excitement and expenses are their enemies.

I've seen more people fail because of liquor and leverage -- leverage being borrowed money. You really don't need leverage in this world much. If you're smart, you're going to make a lot of money without borrowing.

Investors should remember that excitement and expenses are their enemies. And if they insist on trying to time their participation in equities, they should try to be fearful when others are greedy and greedy only when others are fearful.

You're dealing with a lot of silly people in the marketplace; it's like a great big casino and everyone else is boozing. If you can stick with Pepsi, you should be O.K.

Buy into a company because you want to own it, not because you want the stock to go up.

When you combine ignorance and leverage, you get some pretty interesting results.

When we own portions of outstanding businesses with outstanding managements, our favorite holding period is forever.

Nothing sedates rationality like large doses of effortless money.

You don't need to be a rocket scientist. Investing is not a game where the guy with the 160 IQ beats the guy with 130 IQ.

The line separating investment and speculation, which is never bright and clear, becomes blurred still further when most market participants have recently enjoyed triumphs. Nothing sedates rationality like large doses of effortless money. After a heady experience of that kind, normally sensible people drift into behavior akin to that of Cinderella at the ball.

The best thing that happens to us is when a great company gets into temporary trouble...We want to buy them when they're on the operating table.

I try to buy stock in businesses that are so wonderful that an idiot can run them. Because sooner or later, one will.

No matter how great the talent or efforts, some things just take time.

Whether we’re talking about socks or stocks, I like buying quality merchandise when it is marked down.

If you buy things you do not need, soon you will have to sell things you need.

Successful Investing takes time, discipline and patience. No matter how great the talent or effort, some things just take time: You can't produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant.