Accounting Quote by Kenneth Lay Download Open image “Aggressive accounting does not mean illegal accounting.” — Kenneth Lay ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Accounting Aggressive Doe Illegal Mean
The U.S. government uses cash accounting. That is illegal for any enterprise of any size in America except for the U.S. government. Every for-profit… — Jim Cooper Copy Share Image
The word accounting comes from the word accountability. If you are going to be rich, you need to be accountable for your money. — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
There is nothing wrong with good accounting, except that it does not necessarily lead to good science. — Gerhard Herzberg Copy Share Image
Accounting does not make corporate earnings or balance sheets more volatile. Accounting just increases the transparency of volatility in earnings. — Diane Garnick Copy Share Image
There is always something for which there is no accounting. Take, for example, the whole world. — Leonard Michaels Copy Share Image
“People are accustomed to thinking of accounting as dry and boring, a necessary evil used primarily to prepare financial reports and survive audits, but… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
Without market prices for capital goods, accounting is not possible. You don't know if you are making money or losing money, saving resources or… — Llewellyn Rockwell Copy Share Image
I have a saying: the scandal isn't what's illegal, the scandal is what's legal. — Michael Kinsley Copy Share Image
In the business world, allegations of accounting irregularities is tantamount to yelling fire in a crowded theater, except, today, in our Internet world, instead… — Jeffrey Skilling 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 accounting for… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Our liquidity is fine. As a matter of fact, it's better than fine. It's strong. — Kenneth Lay Copy Share Image
I take full responsibility for what happened at Enron. But saying that, I know in my mind that I did nothing criminal. — Kenneth Lay Copy Share Image
We use competitive markets to arrange for delivery of our food supply. — Kenneth Lay Copy Share Image
I threw my whole life and lived my life in a certain way to make sure that I would never violate any law.. certainly… — Kenneth Lay Copy Share Image
We're (also) looking for a good people person who is able to motivate others and get strong performances out of people. — Kenneth Lay Copy Share Image
The last thing I would have ever expected to happen to me in my life would be that, in fact, I would be accused… — Kenneth Lay Copy Share Image
I have to take responsibility for anything that happened within its businesses. — Kenneth Lay Copy Share Image
But the most important thing is, Enron did not cause the California crisis. — Kenneth Lay Copy Share Image
I mean, our primary businesses in wholesale pipelines, utilities, retail, were all doing extremely well. — Kenneth Lay Copy Share Image
We do not know enough about how the present will lead into the future. We shall never be able to say, "Ha! My perception,… — Gregory Bateson Copy Share Image
“Outer happiness has Diminishing Marginal Utility; the more it grows, the satisfaction decreases. Resort to inner happiness.” — Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma Copy Share Image
Regulations for international accounting and funding will have to be examined to identify policies that inadvertently discourage institutional investors from putting their resources into… — Jose Angel Gurria Copy Share Image
There is no business like show business. There is also no business like certified public accounting, but that doesn't rhyme as well. — Craig Shaw Gardner Copy Share Image
“With great goals, comes the high costs; both fixed and variable. Time is the fixed cost; efforts, variable. Spend passionately.” — Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma Copy Share Image
The reaction of weak management to weak operations is often weak accounting. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
“Financial statements are my novels, I am a Chartered Accountant.” — Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma Copy Share Image
The religious hypothesis, therefore, must be considered only as a particular method of accounting for the visible phenomena of the universe: but no just… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Accounting consequences do not influence our operating or capital-allocation decisions. When acquisition costs are similar, we much prefer to purchase $2 of earnings that… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
By their victory, the 3rd, 4th and 5th Marine Divisions and other units of the Fifth Amphibious Corps have made an accounting to their… — Chester W. Nimitz Copy Share Image
“Invest in self-improvement, be it for learning, be it for earning.” — Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma Copy Share Image
“In the race to scale a startup, overlooking financial planning is like to building a skyscraper on shaky ground. True growth stems from decisions… — Jason Hishmeh Copy Share Image
