7 Quotes About Accounting

We all remember our first big paycheck. It’s a moment we hope to relive over and over again. But there’s something far more memorable than any of the dollars we made. That was the day we became an adult Read more

A new chapter began, and we took on new responsibilities and challenges. We may not be able to remember the exact moment, but these accounting quotes about being an adult will help us remember why it’s all so important.

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Millions of business people are each constantly forced to choose between their desire to not be a bad person and their desire to be a good business person, that is to say, to make as much money as they possibly can by maximizing their revenue while minimizing the cost of producing whatever it is that they sell. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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This Department of Treasury, run by this administration, using the same tried and true accounting methods that every business in America uses, cast new light on the fiscal severity that our Nation is facing, what some would call a mess. Jim Costa
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There is nothing wrong with good accounting, except that it does not necessarily lead to good science. Gerhard Herzberg
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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
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I know what I don't know. To this day, I don't know technology, and I don't know finance or accounting. Bernard Ebbers
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To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past. The prudent heir takes careful inventory of his legacies and gives a faithful accounting to those whom he owes an obligation of trust. John F. Kennedy