Americans are in a cycle of fear which leads to people not wanting to spend and not wanting to make investments, and that leads to more fear. We'll break out of it. It takes time.


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Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked
WARREN BUFFETT
I stop [at Burger King] occasionally for a hamburger and that's as close as I've gotten.
WARREN BUFFETT
However, the mild degree of caution that we exercised was an improper response to the world unfoldin...
WARREN BUFFETT
...not doing what we love in the name of greed is very poor management of our lives.
WARREN BUFFETT
If you tell me who your heroes are, I'll tell you how you'll turn out.
WARREN BUFFETT
I do know that when I am 60, I should be attempting to achieve different personal goals than those w...
WARREN BUFFETT
Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing
WARREN BUFFETT
Be Fearful When Others Are Greedy and Greedy When Others Are Fearful
WARREN BUFFETT
Honesty is a very expensive gift, Don't expect it from cheap people.
WARREN BUFFETT
I am a huge bull on this country. We will not have a double-dip recession at all. I see our business...
WARREN BUFFETT
I think the most important factor in getting out of the recession actually is just the regenerative ...
WARREN BUFFETT
Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked.
WARREN BUFFETT
Soil is a living ecosystem, and is a farmer's most precious asset. A farmer's productive cap...
HOWARD WARREN BUFFETT
When I was 5, my father was very much my hero. And he ran for political office in a very thankless c...
HOWARD WARREN BUFFETT
There are more living organisms in a tablespoon of highly organic soil than there are people on the ...
HOWARD WARREN BUFFETT
I was pulled out of Omaha when I was younger because my father started to work, when he was done ser...
HOWARD WARREN BUFFETT
Older and wiser voices can always help you find the right path, if you are only willing to listen.
JIMMY BUFFETT
Some people never find it, some only pretend, but I just want to live happily ever after every now a...
JIMMY BUFFETT
If someone wants a piece of you, never let them pay. What you do not give to them time takes anyway.
JIMMY BUFFETT
I'd rather die while I'm living then live while I'm dead.
JIMMY BUFFETT
Never did I think that I became family entertainment.
JIMMY BUFFETT
If we weren't all crazy, we would go insane.
JIMMY BUFFETT
If we couldn't laugh, we would all go insane.
JIMMY BUFFETT
We are the people our parents warned us about.
JIMMY BUFFETT
Older and wiser voices can help you find the right path, if you are only willing to listen.
JIMMY BUFFETT
Wrinkles will only go where the smiles have been.
JIMMY BUFFETT
These old ballparks are like cathedrals in America. We don't have big old Gothic cathedrals like...
JIMMY BUFFETT
If the phone doesn't ring, it's me.
JIMMY BUFFETT
Is it ignorance or apathy? Hey, I don't know and I don't care.
JIMMY BUFFETT
You know, as a writer, I'm more of a listener than a writer, cuz if I hear something I will writ...
JIMMY BUFFETT
Phish and Dave Matthews really know their audiences and really treat them well.
JIMMY BUFFETT
If the Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me
JIMMY BUFFETT
It takes no more time to see the good side of life than to see the bad.
JIMMY BUFFETT
Indecision may or may not be my problem.
JIMMY BUFFETT
I'm a big follower and reactor to weather.
JIMMY BUFFETT
I could go on for hours telling stories..but I guess youhad to be there
JIMMY BUFFETT
If life gives you limes, make margaritas.
JIMMY BUFFETT
I just want to live happily ever after, every now and then.
JIMMY BUFFETT