Accounting Quote by Llewellyn Rockwell

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

There is always something for which there is no accounting. Take, for example, the whole world.

— Leonard Michaels

Accounting is a big subject and there are huge forces in play. The entire momentum of existing thinking and existing custom is in a…

— Charlie Munger

Capital isn't this pile of money sitting somewhere; it's an accounting construct.

— Bethany McLean

“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

Mark-to-market accounting is like crack. Don't do it.

— Andrew Fastow

Managers and investors alike must understand that accounting numbers are the beginning, not the end, of business valuation.

— Warren Buffett

The American business man cannot consider his work done when he views the income balance in black at the end of an accounting period.…

— Colby Mitchell Chester

Cost Accounting is enemy number one of productivity.

— Eliyahu M. Goldratt

Commissions add up, taxes are a big drag, margin ain't cheap. A good accountant costs money as well. The math on this one is…

— Barry Ritholtz

Accounting does not make corporate earnings or balance sheets more volatile. Accounting just increases the transparency of volatility in earnings.

— Diane Garnick

Professional accountants should use that influence to encourage the companies they serve to think long term and integrate sustainable development goals into their accounting,…

— Kofi Annan