Quote by Daniel Kehlmann

Ronald Reagan just signed the new tax law. But I think he was in Hollywood too long. He signed it, 'Best wishes, Ronald Reagan.'

— Johnny Carson

“Just like our forefathers in Boston Harbor, who boarded a British ship to let the king know they would have none of his tyrannical…

— Jay Williams

“He looked like an accountant or a serial-killer type. Definitely one of the service industries.”

— Kinky Friedman

“The big question was, what all was this society up to? They’d certainly been in and out of his office, as well as accidently…

— Kirsten Fullmer

“He was like a huge smug albatross waddling around my desk, squawking vacuously and crapping all over my paperwork.”

— Tana French

“rich name for a rich dude. That’s all they knew about him, and that’s all he wanted them to know. Not even his manager…

— Patricia H. Rushford

Buttercup's mother whirled on him. 'Did you forget to pay your taxes?' (This was after taxes. But everything is after taxes. Taxes were here…

— William Goldman

“Who shot at you?" Nick asked, taking in the stunned expressions on his staffers' faces. Why couldn't he have fallen for an accountant?”

— Marie Force

“You from the IRS? The man's voice was deep and wet, like mud slipping down a drain.”

— Carl Hiaasen

“He was one of those people who constantly seems to be having a conversation with someone other than the person he’s actually talking to—presumably…

— Ben Aaronovitch

“He doesn't look like a gangster, but then he's not the office worker type, either...some kind of entrepreneur maybe, or, - wait, I've got…

— Banana Yoshimoto

“Oh, he was quite a scholar, Mr. Taxovich.”

— Vladimir Nabokov