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"The reason we avoid the word 'synergy' is because people generally claim more synergistic benefits than will come. Yes, it exists, but there are so many false promises.Berkshire is full of synergies - we don't avoid synergies, just claims of synergies."
"You'll find many markets where bottlers of Pepsi and Coke both make a lot of money and many others where they destroy most of the profitability of the two franchises. That must get down to the peculiarities of individual adjustment to market capitalism. I think you 'd have to know the people involved to fully understand what was happening."
"I think the foundation at Berkshire [Buffett's stake in Berkshirewill pass to the Buffett Foundation upon his death] will be a plus because there will be a continuation of the culture. We'd still take in fine businesses run by people who love them."
"Talented people almost always know full well the excellence that is in them."
"The most awful thing about power is not that it corrupts absolutely but that it makes people so utterly boring, so predictable."
"If a few companies were less greedy, the people at the bottom woud have a lot more."
"There are all kinds of stupid people that annoy me but what annoys me most is a lazy argument."
"Today I want to puke when I hear the word 'radical' applied so slothfully and stupidly to Islamist murderers; the most plainly reactionary people in the world."
"Ordinary people have extraordinary love."
"You spend your life training to be an actor, observing people's characteristics so that you can design characters around what you've seen."
"Like most people who smoked umpteen cigarettes a day, I tasted only the first one. The succeeding umpteen minus one were a compulsive ritual which had no greater savour than the fumes of burning money."
"That tv box has a tremendous capacity to reach people."
"They eviscerated the book by making it an action movie for young people aged 15 to 25, and it seems that The Hobbit will be the same kind of film."
"People are not good at expressing their frustration. The best way to listen to the customer is through metrics."
"It's Not My Job To Try To Persuade People To Love Me, It's Only To Try To Make Them Love The Music"
"I was headed for an entire life spent alone, pitying myself for not being more, ignoring all those people who actually ask me to be more, because they see it in me."
"People who understand everything get no stories."
"I say people who feel they must have a faith or religion in order to face life are showing a kind of cowardice, which in any other sphere would be considered contemptible. But when it is in the religious sphere it is thought admirable, and I cannot admire cowardice whatever sphere it is in."
"People stood on their chairs, cheering and waving. And it was all for me! Waves of love flooded the stage and washed over me. I started to cry. The sweetness of such a moment is impossible to describe. One is both lover and beloved. ... I'd found the one true, enduring romance of my life."
"Social obligation is much bigger than supporting worthy causes. It includes anything that impacts people and the quality of their lives ."
