Follow Your Curiosity and Intuition
Much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on.
One More Computer in Me
I know I’ve got at least one more great computer in me. And Apple is not going to give me...
Being Wise on Time
When you have a huge convulsion, like a fire in this auditorium right now, you do get a lot of...
Keep Looking
If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when...
The Best Ideas Have To Win
If you wanna hire great people and have them stay working for you, you have to be run by ideas,...
Reigning in the Bankers
A banker who is allowed to borrow money at X and loan it out at X plus Y will just...
Don’t Bet Against House Odds
I won’t bet $100 against house odds between now and the grave.
Love Yourself
Love yourself. It is important to stay positive because beauty comes from the inside out.
Stength vs. Courage in Love
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
The Beginning of Love
Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.
Success Is No Accident
Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you...
Why I Need You
Immature love says: ‘I love you because I need you.’ Mature love says ‘I need you because I love you.’
There’s More To Our Existence
For most of my life, I’ve felt that there must be more to our existence than meets the eye.
Being Conservative in Business
We don’t think because it’s never happened that it won’t. There’s no actuarial science, it’s rough judgment. We just try...
Easy Investment Predictions
Berkshire is in the business of making easy predictions. If a deal looks too hard, the partners simply shelve it.
Change the World for Better
Apple is about something more than that, Apple, at the core, its core value, is that we believe that people...
Drowning in Capital
It takes almost no capital to open a new See’s candy store. We’re drowning in capital of our own that...
Investment Management vs. Investment Banking
There’s more honor in investment management than in investment banking.
Berkshire Hathaway’s Size
Personally, I think Berkshire will be a lot bigger and stronger than it is. Whether the stock will be a...
How You Can Move Mountains
Simple can be harder than complex. You have to work hard to get your thinking clear enough to make it...
Tap Dancing Morse Code
I would imagine that if you could understand Morse code, a tap dancer would drive you crazy.
Playing Piano in a Whorehouse
I would rather make money playing a piano in a whorehouse than arguing that no cost is incurred when employees...
Cash Stashed in Currencies
In effect about half our spare cash was stashed in currencies other than the dollar. I consider that a non-event....
Enjoy the Show
I like to close my eyes on the stage, because I have drawn a picture of an audience enjoying the...
Capitalism without Failure
I regard it as very unfair, but capitalism without failure is like religion without hell.
The Computer Dark Ages
If, for some reason, we make some big mistake and IBM wins, my personal feeling is that we are going...
When Hogs Eat a Lot More
Expect hogs to eat a lot more in the presence of a lot of hog wash.
Why Steve Jobs Thought Being Wealthy Was Humorous
You know, my main reaction to this money thing is that it’s humorous, all the attention to it, because it’s...
Incredibly Powerful Feelings
I remember many late nights coming out of the Mac building when I would have the most incredibly powerful feelings...
Seeing God
We had seen God in his splendors, heard the text that nature renders. We had reached the naked soul of...
Designing a Product
Designing a product is keeping five thousand things in your brain, these concepts and fitting them all together in kind...
Always Be Courteous
As youngsters, my mother taught her children that while we might not be the smartest people around, we could be...
