Accounting Quotes
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At the crash of economic collapse of which the rumblings can already be heard, the sleeping soldiers of the proletariat will awake as at the fanfare of the Last Judgment and the corpses of the victims of the struggle will arise and demand an accounting from those who are loaded down with curses. (Quote by - Liebknecht, Karl)
It is definitely the most significant change we've seen in pension accounting in quite some time. (Quote by - Dane Mott)
This is deeply disturbing. Congress provided loans to help businesses hurt by the Sept. 11 attacks, not to be used as an accounting gimmick to cover up this administration's failure to provide for small businesses. (Quote by - Senator John Kerry)
American industry spends a lot of time on cost accounting, and they do so because it gives them so much more control. But the health system rewards inefficiency. It's not a competitive system where the supplier names the price -- as a doctor, you can't determine the price, Medicare) it for you.... When the one saying it is as big a gorilla as Medicare, you say, 'I'll take it. (Quote by - Regina Herzlinger)
A lot of accountants are being hired by Internet and technology companies to design their traditional information systems. Companies may be great at making computers that can wash the clothes and do the dishes, but the computer programmer is unlikely to know enough about accounting to design a complex computing system [that enables companies to maximize efficiency]. (Quote by - Joe Bittner)
A bachelor or masters degree in accounting may not be what the employers in those sectors are looking for. They are looking for chartered accountants, certified accountants and cost and management accountants. (Quote by - Peter Olsen)
Many core MBA accounting courses more vigorously attack issues of ethical dilemmas and awareness in accounting. And many courses help users of financial information unearth inconsistencies and potential accounting red flags. (Quote by - Derek Hong)
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. (Quote by - Alice Besterman)
Accounting is a hot domain with the number of accounting majors up nationwide. I think the recent scandals have brought a new level of attention to the accounting profession as gatekeepers and custodians of social interest. (Quote by - Paul Browne)
The US continued to be the major export destination, accounting for 61 percent of the total exports, followed by Europe with 24 percent, Japan six percent, Asia six percent and rest of the world three percent. (Quote by - B.V. Naidu)
We have criticized these, but the real problem, the really irrational part of what is proposed, is the material on internal accounting control. (Quote by - William Boyd)
If you want an accounting of your worth, count your friends. (Quote by - Merry Browne)
For entry-level businesses that want to migrate from a personal finance product or a spreadsheet, Simply Accounting Basic is the ideal accounting package. With over two-thirds of all accounting software being purchased at the entry-level, Sage Software is committed to serving this part of the market with Simply Accounting Basic. (Quote by - Laurie Schultz)
The main reason businesses should care now is because they need to account for the liability and in order to account for a liability in a year's time you need to start accounting for it now. (Quote by - Steve Nathan)
Each generation makes it's own accounting to its children. (Quote by - Robert Kennedy)
I think the SEC had to get aboard this ship. Otherwise, they would look like they are lagging behind the parade. They have been somewhat embarrassed by being behind everyone on the issue of accounting reform. (Quote by - John Coffee)
There is something precious in our being mysteries to ourselves, in our being unable ever to see through even the person who is closest to our heart and to reckon with him as though he were a logical proposition or a problem in accounting. (Quote by - Rudolf Karl Bultmann)
Balanced budget requirements seem more likely to produce accounting ingenuity than genuinely balanced budgets. (Quote by - Thomas Sowell)
There's something like over 200 POS systems in the marketplace, and only a very small percentage of them integrate with an accounting system. (Quote by - Jim Stone)
Managers don't have to cook the books to manipulate earnings; they often have all the power they need in the leeway built into accounting rules. (Quote by - Fred S. Worthy)
Accounting software is the first strategic business application that many small firms purchase, making it an important on-ramp for other business applications, which need to integrate with the accounting solution, and a first step towards higher end financial solutions. Intuit has long been the undisputed leader in the small business accounting space with its QuickBooks product line. But Microsoft, which has a solid base in the mid-market financials arena, wants to build volume in the small business accounting market. (Quote by - Laurie McCabe)
This isn't just a matter of changing the settings on a cash register ? that can be done fairly quickly. Our members need a grace period to implement accounting changes for input tax credits, plus some assistance to offset the costs of making the changes. (Quote by - Garth Whyte)
Our new city administrator has been great, because I had no experience as a finance director. I am an accounting person, which is a bean counter and finance is a little different than being an accountant. Accountants are more exact and finance people have more vision. He's got the vision. He's been a good compliment to me and has helped me a lot and I really appreciate that. He's a little more involved... For the most part everybody has been great and I have enjoyed every minute of it. (Quote by - Shirley Norton)
When there is some fear about accounting and growth and the economy, food stocks are a decent place to be, ... This company has been through a bit of a restructuring the last couple of years. Management is doing a great job. The company is improving and people are buying chocolate. So, what a great week to buy it. (Quote by - Liz Miller)
Log Cabin's accounting shell game will not cover up Grover's act of utter betrayal of the Reagan coalition of social and fiscal conservatives. (Quote by - Gary Glenn)
They`re hiring consultants. They`re hiring accounting firms. They`re buying software. Everything is changing. (Quote by - Ashlea Williams)
RICH, adj. Holding in trust and subject to an accounting the property of the indolent, the incompetent, the unthrifty, the envious and the luckless. That is the view that prevails in the underworld, where the Brotherhood of Man finds its most logical development and candid advocacy. To denizens of the midworld the word means good and wise. (Quote by - Ambrose Bierce)
Accounting is an area in which student interest seems to fluctuate with time. Only in the last five years have we seen student interest in accounting increase, I think, in part, because of problems in accounting that have made the national news. (Quote by - Dave Donnelly)
There is no accounting for taste and no taste for accounting. (Quote by - Kevin Byrne)
People who work in accounting departments often work 12 hour days creating reports that nobody cares about. This gives them a very bad attitude. Do not attempt humor around them. (Quote by - Dilbert)
It's not a good thing or a bad thing. It's an accounting thing. If you take out special charges, their operating performance is essentially the same. (Quote by - Kevin Tynan)
It is clear that integration to `back-office` systems such as accounting or service management applications is an important aspect of providing end-to- end mobilization for field service organizations. With an easy to implement integration path via SOAP. (Quote by - Steve Davis)
This seems to fit into a pattern of aggressive accounting by GM throughout the organization. One can assume that the accounting staff does not take a conservative approach to timing or cash flow allocation. (Quote by - Natasha Tsiouris)
The Social Sciences are good at accounting for disasters once they have taken place. (Quote by - Claude Thomas Bissell)
Unfortunately, it will be impossible to complete the cash tender offer by the 28th. IBP continues to work with the SEC to resolve their accounting issues. After that work is complete, we will determine what effect these matters will have on our deal. (Quote by - John Tyson)
There are no new cash payments or obligations here. This is an accounting reflection of the deal they announced on Monday. It`s all by the books. (Quote by - Marc Cohen)
Iraq`s conduct ensured that no progress was able to be made in either the fields of disarmament or accounting for Iraq`s prohibited weapons program. (Quote by - Richard Butler)
Our top priority is to fix our financial controls and leave accounting issues behind us. (Quote by - Atsuo Ito)
This is a very, very significant win for the government. As chief accounting officer, he knows where the financial skeletons are buried. (Quote by - Philip Hilder)
There's no business like show business, but there are several businesses like accounting. (Quote by - David Letterman)
Under the old world order, senior executives of companies that were most aggressive were the ones that won most often, ... We have to be able to convince the senior executives at companies that the world has changed and that under the new rules you are going to consistently lose if you are using accounting tricks. (Quote by - Howard Schilit)
When the history of this country is written, when a final accounting is done, it is this small, quiet woman whose name will be remembered long after the names of senators and presidents have been forgotten. (Quote by - Rosa Parks)
We are pleased to report that all outstanding issues involving the SEC`s financial review, as well as the accounting issues related to DFG, have now been resolved, Today`s earnings release brings this matter to a close and we now look forward to proce. (Quote by - Robert Peterson)
We thank David for his contribution over the past three years and wish him a successful future. We are pleased that Allen has agreed to take on the additional responsibility. He has done a tremendous job over the past three years as our chief accounting. (Quote by - Art Ayre)
Those things don`t exist now. I think right now they`re much more transparent in their accounting for their economy. (Quote by - Anthony Gagliardi)
Coming from my professional background, accounting irregularities strike at my core confidence in the company. (Quote by - Holly Zarate)
Including the value of natural resources and our social capital in national accounting is a vital step to achieve economic growth that is equitable and sustainable. (Quote by - Achim Steiner)
This is more of a final nail in the coffin of the company's past accounting practices. Investors are looking at the company going forward rather than past. They have been doing a lot of things right lately. (Quote by - Efraim Levy)
While expanding market access for American industry, financial markets and farmers is critical, I believe it needs to be done responsibly, accounting for the treatment and protection of workers and the environment. (Quote by - Amanda Anderson)
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. (Quote by - John Fitzgerald Kennedy)
The U.S. recovery story is intact and the real side of the U.S. economy looks very positive. But you have concerns on the accounting front and they are very hard to quantify. (Quote by - Steven Englander)
A modern computer is an electronic wonder that performs complex mathematical calculations and intricate accounting tabulations in one ten-thousandth of a second -- and then mails out statements ten days late. (Quote by - Paul Sweeney)
Political elections are a good deal like marriages, there's no accounting for anyone's taste. (Quote by - Will Rogers)
Home base is the support system where we have a culinary team, my own writers because of the shows and the books and stuff, we have a culinary team of about six people. Marketing, public relations, accounting and all that sort of stuff. (Quote by - Emeril Lagasse)
Most people are of the view that this is long overdue. It probably would have happened a few years ago, had there not been the criminal and accounting issues around Tyco. (Quote by - Frank Aquila)
The PBGC does not appear to have a corner yet in the real world. The positive results this year compared to last are a result of accounting decisions as to how much of the longer-term losses to reflect last year, this year and presumably next year. We still have an average loss of $7 billion to $8 billion a year for the last four years. (Quote by - Douglas Elliott)
The American people already have serious concerns about the Bush-Cheney administration giving Halliburton $7 billion in no-bid Iraq contracts. These new reports about accounting gimmicks at Halliburton while Cheney was CEO only reinforce those concerns. It's no wonder people think this White House has trouble with the truth and lacks credibility. (Quote by - Chad Clanton)
If a government chooses to implement public sector accounting standards, in almost all cases it will imply a significant increase in accounting effort, and the reason for that is quite simple: because most governments account extremely badly for all of their financial transactions. Implementing the set of standards generally, and this one in particular, would mean that governments would have to improve their accounting systems. (Quote by - Ian Ball)
The difficulty is that accounting bombs have been dropping on a regular basis. What needs to happen before the confidence is back is you need to see a series of good news, a bunch of companies doing better than expected. (Quote by - Robert Zagunis)
Easter is the third-biggest seasonal driver for retailers in malls. The Christmas season — November and December — accounted for 25 percent of their sales last year. The beginning of summer — May and June — accounted for 15. 4 percent of total sales last year. Then came March and April, accounting for 12 percent of sales. (Quote by - Patrice Duker)
When a manufacturing engineer is hired to create new products but insists on sharing his "wisdom" in accounting with the company controller, he is not going to last long in that company. (Quote by - Chin-Ning Chu)
Bourgeois society is infected by monomania: the monomania of accounting. For it, the only thing that has value is what can be counted in francs and centimes. It never hesitates to sacrifice human life to figures which look well on paper, such as national budgets or industrial balance sheets. (Quote by - Simone Weil)
They're finally going to get their accounting. For once we've gotten something right for the Indians. (Quote by - Ross Swimmer)
WorldCom could occur in any era, it's more traditional book cooking. It's hard to think of another one of these cases really is like Enron in the sense that it raises fundamental questions of accounting and financial reporting. (Quote by - Sam Buell)
There was no improper accounting of money. All money was appropriately accounted for. (Quote by - Craig Ross)
Aggressive accounting does not mean illegal accounting. (Quote by - Kenneth Lay)
Investors looked to KPMG for tax advice. They looked to us as an investment adviser to execute a variety of stock and option transactions, We got out of the business of working with large accounting firms more than five years ago. (Quote by - Michael Gross)
Overall, we're happy with the level of underlying earnings in the third quarter. The prospect of future accounting restatements disappoints us, but it's likely most of them are out of the way. (Quote by - Peter Streit)
In the corporate world, sometimes things aren`t exactly black and white when it comes to accounting procedures. (Quote by - George W. Bush)
In theory, a merger between two big vendors means retailers would be dealing eventually with one accounting unit and one distribution unit rather than a different set of units for both companies. (Quote by - Tom Doyle)
Thou whom avenging pow'rs obey, Cancel my debt (too great to pay) Before the sad accounting day. (Quote by - Wentworth Dillon)
I don't let it bother me too much if someone doesn't like me. I just figure there's no accounting for taste. It's not me, it's my acting. It's like if someone doesn't like someone's food, they just don't like my acting. (Quote by - Anna Chlumsky)
They were all excited and eager to work. We even found a worker with three to four years of candy-making experience and one with a strong accounting background, We`re now working out some transportation arrangements to get them to and from Camp Willia. (Quote by - David Newman)
