To multiply the years and divide by the desire to live is a kind of false accounting. — Peter Heller Copy Share Image
“Be with them who need you the most, for the presence is the best present.” — Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma Copy Share Image
“The Golden Mantras of a successful life; dream to do, passion to perform, action to achieve.” — Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma Copy Share Image
“You do not just become, you evolve as, a Chartered Accountant.” — Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma Copy Share Image
“A smile is like a liquid asset, quickly exchangeable. Carry it always.” — Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma Copy Share Image
There's just no accounting for happiness, or the way it turns up like a prodigal who comes back to the dust at… — Jane Kenyon Copy Share Image
I have been asked, politely and not so politely, why I am myself. This is an accounting any woman will be called… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
There is a divergence between private and social accounting that the market fails to register. One essential task of law and government… — John Rawls Copy Share Image
“Accumulate reserves of inspiration at the fair value of unforeseen contingencies, for life is unfair.” — Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma Copy Share Image
There are no new cash payments or obligations here. This is an accounting reflection of the deal they announced on Monday. It's… — Marc Cohn Copy Share Image
“When you face the challenges of life and don't give up, the face value of your confidence shoots up.” — Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma Copy Share Image
I would argue that a majority of the horrors we face would not have happened if the accounting profession developed and enforced… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
“Karma is like interest; on the balance of good or bad deeds, receivable or payable; in the end, either it pays you… — Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma Copy Share Image
There is no company - no corporation on earth that engages in accounting fraud to the extent the Imperial Federal Government of… — Neal Boortz Copy Share Image
Even something as complex as the eye has appeared several times; for example, in the squid, the vertebrates, and the arthropods. It's… — Frank B. Salisbury Copy Share Image
At Gallaudet, deafness isn't an issue. You don't even think about it. Students can pay attention to accounting or psychology or journalism.… — I. King Jordan Copy Share Image
Beyond the fact that it is a limitless arena for the full play of human nature, there is no sure accounting for… — Herbert Wind Copy Share Image
While expanding market access for American industry, financial markets and farmers is critical, I believe it needs to be done responsibly, accounting… — Mark Udall Copy Share Image
As the titanic losses were racking up, Fannie Mae's operators, Franklin Raines and Jamie Gorelick, disguised the catastrophe by orchestrating a $5… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
Creative accounting is an absolute curse to a civilization. One could argue that double-entry bookkeeping was one of history's great advances. Using… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
No one would suggest completely ignoring news about your investments. Enron investors, for example, would have been well served to sell once… — Whitney Tilson Copy Share Image
“ Language as a Prison The Philippines did have a written language before the Spanish colonists arrived, contrary to what many of… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
When death comes, we take off our clothes and gather everything we left behind: what is dark, broken, touched with shame. When… — Linda Gregg Copy Share Image
Beaten biscuits: This is the most laborious of cakes, and also the most unwholesome, even when made in the best manner. We… — Eliza Leslie Copy Share Image
And this exclusion of "women's work" continues, despite United Nations data gathered since 1975 (the beginning of the UN Decade for Women)… — Riane Eisler Copy Share Image
I'm always looking for context in which people tell stories. In "Fight Club" it's these support groups for dying people, and then… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
There are some pretty obvious ways of benchmarking creativity. One way is to perform what I call a creativity audit, which is… — John Kao Copy Share Image
I talked to one accountant, a very nice fellow who I would have been glad to have his family marry into mine.… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Everyone caved, adopted loose [accounting] standards, and created exotic derivatives linked to theoretical models. As a result, all kinds of earnings, blessed… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
![“I talked to one accountant, a very nice fellow who I would have been glad to have his family marry into mine. He said, "What these other accounting firms have done is very unethical. The [tax avoidance scheme] works best if it's not found out [by the IRS], so we only give it to our best clients…” quote by Charlie Munger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b14/charlie-munger-458_accountants_i-talked-to-one-accountant-a-very-nice-f_2980092.jpg)
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