Berkshire

Speech parts

1. Berkshire - Noun

2. Berkshire - Proper noun

Meaning

a county in southern England

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Examples

Over the years, Charlie [Munger, Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman] and I have observed many accounting-based frauds of staggering size. Few of the perpetrators have been punished; many have not even been censured. It has been far safer to steal large sums with pen than small sums with a gun. Warren Buffett

I'm proud to be associated with the value system at Berkshire Hathaway; I think you'll make more money in the end with good ethics than bad. Charlie Munger

Samuelson, however, hedged his personal bets - by putting some of his own money in Berkshire Hathaway. William Poundstone

The very first stock I bought right out of college was Berkshire Hathaway. Christie Hefner

In 1945, peace broke out. It was the end of the Joke. Joke warfare was banned at a special session of the Geneva Convention, and in 1950 the last remaining copy of the joke was laid to rest here in the Berkshire countryside, never to be told again. Graham Chapman

I bought a company in the mid-'90s called Dexter Shoe and paid $400 million for it. And it went to zero. And I gave about $400 million worth of Berkshire stock, which is probably now worth $400 billion. But I've made lots of dumb decisions. That's part of the game. Warren Buffett

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