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2006 Shareholder Letter - Key Quotes

Memorable quotes from Buffett's 2006 letter.

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Key Quotes from 2006 Shareholder Letter

  1. "We believe that $16.9 billion is a record for a one-year gain in net worth -- more than has ever been booked by any American business."

  2. "GEICO didn't start fat"

  3. "Size seems to make many organizations slow-thinking, resistant to change and smug."

  4. "Of the ten non-oil companies having the largest market capitalization in 1965... only one made the 2006 list."


Source: Full Letter

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