Уоррен Баффетт: Цитаты на английском языке (страница 4)

“In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.”

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

“What the wise do in the beginning, fools do in the end.”

“Games are won by players who focus on the playing field –- not by those whose eyes are glued to the scoreboard.”

“In the world of business, the people who are most successful are those who are doing what they love.”

“I do know that when I am 60, I should be attempting to achieve different personal goals than those which had priority at age 20.”

“You’ve gotta keep control of your time, and you can’t unless you say no. You can’t let people set your agenda in life.”

“People always ask me where they should go to work, and I always tell them to go to work for whom they admire the most.”

“Every saint has a past. Every sinner has a future.”

“Life is like a snowball. The important thing is finding wet snow and a really long hill.”

“I learned to go into business only with people whom I like, trust, and admire.”

“Tell me who your heroes are and I’ll tell you how you’ll turn out to be.”

“You know… you keep doing the same things and you keep getting the same result over and over again.”

“Opportunities come infrequently. When it rains gold, put out the bucket, not the thimble.”

“[Gold] gets dug out of the ground in Africa, or someplace. Then we melt it down, dig another hole, bury it again and pay people to stand around guarding it. It has no utility. Anyone watching from Mars would be scratching their head.”

“Diversification is protection against ignorance. It makes little sense if you know what you are doing.”

“I will tell you how to become rich. Close the doors. Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful.”

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

“A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought.”