Warren Buffett on Miscellaneous Topics

"Ben Graham was much more than an author or a teacher. He had the most powerful mind I have ever encountered. He was also the kindest of men."

"In looking for someone to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if they don't have the first, the other two will kill you."

"Charlie Munger is my partner and the architect of Berkshire Hathaway's culture. He taught me that it's better to buy a wonderful business at a fair price than a fair business at a wonderful price."

"David Dodd co-authored Security Analysis with Ben Graham. That book laid the foundation for everything I do in investing."

"The most important decision you will make is who you marry. Find someone who loves you unconditionally and makes you a better person."

"The best thing I did was choose the right person to marry. The amount of unconditional love you receive in life is the ultimate measure of success."

"We are a partnership. Charlie and I run the business for our shareholders, not for ourselves."

"I arranged for the bulk of my Berkshire holdings to go to five charitable foundations. I want the money to be spent relatively promptly by capable people."

"Public pension funds are in serious trouble. Many have promised benefits they cannot deliver based on unrealistic return assumptions."

"Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get."

"The notion that successful people in a market economy owe nothing back to the society that created the conditions for their success strikes me as wrong."

"The best investment you can make is in your own abilities. Everything else follows from that."