Top 10 Accounting Quotes
- DON’T EVER LET YOUR BUSINESS GET AHEAD OF THE FINANCIAL SIDE OF YOUR BUSINESS. ACCOUNTING, ACCOUNTING, ACCOUNTING. KNOW YOUR NUMBERS — TILMAN J. FERTITTA
2. THERE’S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS, BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL BUSINESSES LIKE ACCOUNTING — DAVID LETTERMAN
3. LIFE AS WE KNOW IT, WITH ALL ITS UPS AND DOWNS, WILL SOON BE OVER. WE ALL WILL GIVE AN ACCOUNTING TO GOD OF HOW WE HAVE LIVED — WILLIAM WILBERFORCE
4. ACCOUNTING DOES NOT MAKE CORPORATE EARNINGS OR BALANCE SHEETS MORE VOLATILE. ACCOUNTING JUST INCREASES THE TRANSPARENCY OF VOLATILITY IN EARNINGS — DIANE GARNICK
5. ACCOUNTING WAS THE COURSE THAT HELPED ME MORE THAN ANYTHING — JULIAN ROBERTSON
6. BALANCED BUDGET REQUIREMENTS SEEM MORE LIKELY TO PRODUCE ACCOUNTING INGENUITY THAN GENUINELY BALANCED BUDGETS — THOMAS SWELL
7. 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
8. CAPITAL ISN’T THIS PILE OF MONEY SITTING SOMEWHERE; IT’S AN ACCOUNTING CONSTRUCT — BETHANY MCLEAN
9. THE ACCOUNTING OF THE SACRIFICE IS, MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, THE ATTITUDE TOWARD WAR MEMORIALS IN OUR TIME — FRIEDRICH ST. FLORIAN
10. WHILE IT’S TRENDY TO OUTSOURCE YOUR ACCOUNTING TO A THIRD PARTY, ONCE YOU HIT A CERTAIN SIZE, IT’S DANGEROUS — BRAD FELD
