Accountants Quotes

My father was an accountant and his father was a typographer.

— Umberto Eco

An accountant is a man who puts his head in the past and backs his ass into the future.

— F. Ross Johnson

I've got an accountant who's been with me forty years. If he makes a mistake, he dies.

— Don Rickles

Accountants are in the past, managers are in the present, and leaders are in the future.

— Paul Orfalea

I could never have been an accountant. I got a D in math.

— Rob Marshall

I have more faith in my bra than I have in my accountant.

— Laurie Notaro

The guys at Smartax are the most renowned Accountants in the world!

— Donald Trump

Financial analysts make a lot more than accountants.

— Warren Farrell

Most people in America understand that the rich people hire good accountants and figure out how not to necessarily pay all the…

— George W. Bush

My secret vice is Sudoku puzzles. Can't stop playing them. My parents are accountants. I blame them entirely.

— Lisa Gardner

Agents do nothing for the good of football. I'd like to see them lined up against a wall and machine-gunned ?some accountants…

— Graham Taylor

All the Congress, all the accountants and tax lawyers, all the judges, and a convention of wizards all cannot tell for sure…

— Walter Wriston

Yes, the rich will find ways to avoid paying more taxes, courtesy of clever accountants and tax attorneys. But this has always…

— Robert Reich

I was never a Certified Public Accountant. I just had a degree in accounting. It would require passing a test, which I…

— Bob Newhart

When I asked my accountant if anything could get me out of this mess I am in now he thought for a…

— Robert Morley

Mom was a housewife; Dad was an accountant. They taught me a lot about the value of working hard.

— Irene Rosenfeld

We're in an era where the demand is for immediate hits that are destined to become obsolescent. Six months later, everyone forgets…

— Tony Bennett

A whole generation of people that didn't know me from 'SNL' recognize me from 'Weeds' now. People recognize me once in a…

— Kevin Nealon

I would've liked to have been a better businessman when I was younger. And of course, I couldn't, because it wasn't part…

— Jack Kirby

I am being embezzled by a monstrous ring of accountants, estate planners and lawyers who are mercilessly slandering me and trying to…

— Randy Quaid

I mean I get loads of money, all from different sources. You give it to your accountant. They manage it. But you…

— Ken Livingstone

I just kind of dive in if I think I can create something that will make a difference and then try to…

— Richard Branson

I don't mean to sugarcoat the figure on restatements, but I think it is positive - it shows a healthy system. The…

— Steve Odland

My generation's parents told their children, 'Become an accountant, a lawyer, or an engineer; that will give you a solid foothold in…

— Daniel H. Pink

And it does no harm to repeat, as often as you can, 'Without me the literary industry would not exist: the publishers,…

— Doris Lessing

“Cultural wisdom says 'Don't quit your day job.' Yet I think these desires represent our psyche's stretch toward wholeness. And to be…

— Mary Rose O'Reilley

I only made x amount of albums in 20 years and to still be living comfortably. A lot of people and friends…

— Rakim

So far rich people have been very quiet about the possibility of getting taxes raised on them, but that doesn't mean they…

— Craig Ferguson

Above the dirt of an unmarked grave and beneath the shadow of the abandoned refinery, the children would play their own made…

— Joe Meno

If one looks closely one sees that there is no essential difference between a beggar's livelihood and that of numberless respectable people.…

— George Orwell

“My father could have been a great comedian but he didn't believe that that was possible for him, and so he made…

— Jim Carrey

I talked to one accountant, a very nice fellow who I would have been glad to have his family marry into mine.…

— Charlie Munger

She was my accountant, so I just believed her.

— John Howard

A lot of labels are hiring a lot more accountants than people that know music.

— Taylor Hanson

Choose your agent as carefully as you would choose your accountant or lawyer. Or dentist.

— Russell Banks

The older I get, the more interesting I find lawyers and accountants.

— Alex James

Most accountants are strange - let's be honest.

— Hannah Gadsby

“Maxine recoils, only partly out of the classic accountant's allergy to real folding money”

— Thomas Pynchon

A judge can manipulate the law. A smart lawyer can keep a killer out of jail.

— Mario Cuomo

actuaries are people who wanted to be accountants but didn't have the personality.

— Kaz Cooke