Quote #78

'Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.'

More from Warren Buffett

  1. 'I really like my life. I've arranged my life so that I can do what I want.'
  2. 'If you gave me the choice of being CEO of General Electric or IBM or General Motors, you name it, or delivering papers, I would deliver pa…
  3. 'You ought to be able to explain why you're taking the job you're taking, why you're making the investment you're making, or whatever it ma…
  4. 'This time Congress should listen to the slim accountants. The logic behind their thinking is simple:
  5. 'I never buy anything unless I can fill out on a piece of paper my reasons. I may be wrong, but I would know the answer to that. 'I'm payin…
  6. If options aren't a form of compensation, what are they?
  7. When asked how he became so successful in investing, Buffett answered: 'we read hundreds and hundreds of annual reports every year.'
  8. If compensation isn't an expense, what is it?

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