Accounting Quote by Warren Buffett

In the long run managements stressing accounting appearance over economic substance usually achieve little of either.

— Warren Buffett

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

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

— Diane Garnick

The weakness in the company is if we fail to execute.

— Kevin Rollins

To a large extent, equity investors put their hard-earned capital into the hands of management and count on it being employed skilfully and honestly.…

— Whitney Tilson

Cost Accounting is enemy number one of productivity.

— Eliyahu M. Goldratt

“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

“Managers’ responsibility is to ensure that people deliver the expected results, which are the company’s strategy. The company’s strategy, in turn, determines its competitive…

— Anna Stevens

In the corporate world, sometimes things aren`t exactly black and white when it comes to accounting procedures.

— George W. Bush

The strong and the weak cannot keep company.

— Aesop

I would argue that a majority of the horrors we face would not have happened if the accounting profession developed and enforced better accounting.

— Charlie Munger

Every action is either strong or weak, and when every action is strong we are successful.

— Rita Mae Brown