Berkshire Stock Quotes & Sayings

I've always thrown like a girl. — Andrea Riseborough

I think that it is death alone that makes things poignant. — Polly Horvath

Nature endows us with the feeling that moves us in all our musical experiences; we might call her gift instinct. — Jean-Philippe Rameau

Amazon doesn't want to give Apple a cut of its media sales, so Apple won't let Amazon sell products in its apps. — Jeffrey Zeldman

Joy is a subtle elf; I think one's happiest when he forgets himself. — Cyril Tourneur

Using [a stock's] volatility as a measure of risk is nuts. Risk to us is 1) the risk of permanent loss of capital, or 2) the risk of inadequate return. Some great businesses have very volatile returns - for example, See's [a candy company owned by Berkshire] usually loses money in two quarters of each year - and some terrible businesses can have steady results. — Charlie Munger

A lot of victims, for example, have become addicted to alcohol and drugs. It seems to me that the church's healing ministry is going to be enhanced through this in much broader strokes. That's good, it's all positive. — Roger Mahony

I put a What Would Jesus Do bracelet on my Jewish friend's wrist and it burned his skin. He threw it on the ground, it turned into a serpent, we both started laughing. We left it there, we hate snakes. We think they're slimy, even though we know they're not. — Daniel Tosh

It's important for me to work with a strong director because I know I can go to some really deep places, I just need direction on how to get there. — Eva Mendes

I bought a company in the mid-'90s called Dexter Shoe and paid $400 million for it. And it went to zero. And I gave about $400 million worth of Berkshire stock, which is probably now worth $400 billion. But I've made lots of dumb decisions. That's part of the game. — Warren Buffett

The person who is brutally honest enjoys the brutality quite as much as the honesty. Possibly more. — Richard J. Needham

When Berkshire buys common stock, we approach the transaction as if we were buying into a private business. — Warren Buffett

Precious attribute of woe-worn humanity! that can snatch ecstatic emotion, even from under the very share and harrow, that ruthlessly ploughs up and lays waste every hope. — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

No one should desire to live in irregular circumstances; but if by chance a man falls into them, they test his character and show of how much determination he is capable. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

World music is about taking things from different places and bringing them together - which is great. — Youssou N'Dour

Stalking is an underrated startup strategy. — Linda Rottenberg

The unicorns were the most recognizable magic the fairies possessed, and they sent them to those worlds where belief in the magic was in danger of falling altogether. After all there has to be some belief in magic- however small- for any world to survive. — Terry Brooks

The very first stock I bought right out of college was Berkshire Hathaway. — Christie Hefner

I'd say that Berkshire Hathaway's system is adapting to the nature of the investment problem as it really is. We've really made the money out of high quality businesses. In some cases, we bought the whole business. And in some cases, we just bought a big block of stock. But when you analyze what happened, the big money's been made in the high quality businesses. And most of the other people who've made a lot of money have done so in high quality businesses. — Charlie Munger

People will respect you more if you are open, honest, public, and responsive during a crisis. Don't hide behind spin or try to keep your bad news on the down low. You — Jason Fried