Ocupation: Business person
Life: b. January 1, 1924
Birthday: January 1
Since those don’t hit financial reports, the opportunities you had but didn’t accept, most people don’t bother thinking about them very much. At least that is a mistake we don’t make. We rub our own noses in our mistakes in blowing opportunities, as we just did.
source: BRK Annual Meeting, Morning Session, buffett.cnbc.com. May 1, 2004.
topic: Mistake, Omission, People, Financial Statements