The first thing to realize is that it takes a long time. I started when I was eleven. Accumulating money is a little like having a snowball going downhill; it’s important to have a very long hill. I’ve had a fifty-six-year hill. It’s important to work in sticky snow and you need a little snowball to start with, which I got from delivering the Post actually. It’s better if you’re not in too much of a hurry and keep doing sound things [emphasis added]. —Warren Buffett
