Accounting Quotes

139 Accounting quotes by 114 unique authors

I don't mean to sugarcoat the figure on restatements, but I think it is positive - it shows a healthy system. The general impression of… — Steve Odland
I think in a couple of weeks, the question of all these bad write-offs will be behind us because everybody is going to throw in… — Muriel Siebert
When there is some fear about accounting and growth and the economy, food stocks are a decent place to be, ... This company has been… — Liz Miller
The Social Sciences are good at accounting for disasters once they have taken place. — Unknown Author
Including the value of natural resources and our social capital in national accounting is a vital step to achieve economic growth that is equitable and… — Achim Steiner
Elections are a good deal like marriages. There's no accounting for anyone's taste. Every time we see a bridegroom we wonder why she ever picked… — Will Rogers
Political elections are a good deal like marriages, there's no accounting for anyone's taste. — Will Rogers
Let's talk about how to fill out your 1984 tax return. Here's an often overlooked accounting technique that can save you thousands of dollars: For… — Dave Barry
Even something as complex as the eye has appeared several times; for example, in the squid, the vertebrates, and the arthropods. It's bad enough accounting… — Frank B. Salisbury
We have the most crude accounting tools. It's tragic because our accounts and our national arithmetic doesn't tell us the things that we need to… — Susan George
I don't know technology and engineering. I don't know accounting. — Bernard Ebbers
If the U.S. Government was a company, the deficit would be $5 trillion because they would have to account by general accepted accounting principles. But… — Marc Faber
I suppose that the scope and implications of such forces have rendered my personal accounting ritual pretty much obsolete. That's how things sometimes go. — Brian Ferneyhough
It is crucial that we develop real awareness of ourselves as citizens of Earth, linked by mutual and indissoluble bonds. When we clearly recognize this… — Daisaku Ikeda
To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past. The prudent heir takes careful inventory of his legacies and… — John F. Kennedy
And just remember, every dollar we spend on outsourcing is spent on U.S. goods or invested back in the U.S. market. That's accounting. — Arthur Laffer
There are no accounting issues, no trading issues, no reserve issues, no previously unknown problem issues. — Kenneth Lay
There's no business like show business, but there are several businesses like accounting. — David Letterman
A record company used to be a very good thing, but they ended up soul-destroyingly trapping people in the accounting department. And you couldn't get… — John Lydon
The great myth is the manager as orchestra conductor. It's this idea of standing on a pedestal and you wave your baton and accounting comes… — Henry Mintzberg
I was never a Certified Public Accountant. I just had a degree in accounting. It would require passing a test, which I would not have… — Bob Newhart
Today brands are everything, and all kinds of products and services - from accounting firms to sneaker makers to restaurants - are figuring out how… — Tom Peters
It was the king's army, the king's people, the king's taxes; and he who questioned the propriety of the royal prerogative of taking from his… — John Buchanan Robinson
Balanced budget requirements seem more likely to produce accounting ingenuity than genuinely balanced budgets. — Thomas Sowell
It's really amazing that in the age of unbelief, as a smart man called it, there isn't even more fraud. After all, with no God,… — Ben Stein

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