Warren Buffett Quotes

Don’t ever ask a barber if you need a haircut.

Don't ask the barber whether you need a haircut, and don't ask an academic if what he does is relevant.

You don't ever ask a barber whether you need a haircut.

vested interest

When I see a man holding a fat office, sounding 'the horn on the borders' to call the people to support the man on whom he depends for his office. Well, thinks I, no wonder the man is zealous in the cause, he evidently has an axe to grind

Interest blinds some people, and enlightens others.

Asking for financial advice from a financial planner is like asking a barber if you need a hair cut.

As Members of Congress, we should not be using public office for private gain.

Don't ally your personal interests with the development of the company.

It's when someone has an agenda of their own for the record that it doesn't work for me.

Opinions have vested interests just as men have.

When we describe what the other person is really like, I suppose we often picture what we want. We look through the prism of our need.

No one is a good judge in his own cause.

It is interest alone which does it, and it is interest alone which can be trusted.

The special interest is the other buy’s interest and general interest is your own.

No man must be Judge who propounds unto himself any hope of profit, or glory, from the victory of either party.

Never argue with a man whose job depends on his not being convinced.

Never trust anyone without a vested interest.

My hair is certainly not copious, and I keep it short, always - it's buzzed twice a week.

I think if you look at the realm we're discussing, which is the political realm, I think it would be impossible to find an action by any politician intended to specifically favor either my firm or myself.

People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.

Be suspicious of your sincerity when you are the advocate of that upon which your livelihood depends.

Egoism... is not eliminated by economic reorganization or by material abundance. When basic needs are satisfied, new 'needs' emerge. In our society, people want no simply clothes, but fashionable clothes; not shelter, but a house to display their wealth and taste.

When poverty declines, the need for government declines, which is why expecting government to solve poverty is like expecting a tobacco company to mount an aggressive anti-smoking campaign.

I have to look out for the shareholder’s interests, and I’m the largest shareholder.