Quotable quotes and other observations on business, finance and life... |
We are born
We die, and
Somewhere along the way,
To a greater or lesser extent
And whether we like it or not
We become involved
With accounting.
It just happens.
Thea Foster |
Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for (one's) reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally.
J.M. Keynes |
Accountants' Christmas
Two accountants exchanging gifts:
"You buy YOURSELF a gift from ME and I'll buy MYSELF a gift from YOU, and we'll call it square.
But DON'T spend more than a thousand bucks, 'cause that's all I can afford!"
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| Life isn't about finding yourself, life is about creating yourself. |
A journalist asked Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart: "To what do you attribute your success?"
Walton: "Doin' things right."
Reporter: "How did you learn to do things right?"
Walton: "Experience."
Reporter: "How did you get experience?"
Walton: "Doin' things wrong."
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"A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history -- with the possible exceptions of hand guns and tequila."
Mitch Ratliffe |
| "Chance favours the prepared mind." |
"Nothing is safe anymore..."
Facing three years of a terrible bear in the stock market, investors might have been
inclined to stash their cash under the mattress for greater safety. However, risk management is a complicated thing in life,
and ALL potential consequences are not easily contemplated.
An investor in Shenzhen, China stored 6000 yuan notes under his mattress,
only to discover that his life savings were eaten up, not by a bear or inflation, but by termites! |
"I have long been of the opinion that if work were such a splendid thing,
the rich would have kept more of it for themselves."
Bruce Grocott
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| "No one ever dreamed of becoming an accountant."
Airline Training International |
"Philosophical questions come naturally to us, at least in our early years. I remember the first time my son, Matt, asked me a philosophical question. One day, when he was three years old, I came home from work and saw him in the dining room with our old dog, whose name was Roo. He was standing over Roo and staring into his face, motionless. The dog's tail was wagging nervously. I saw them from the living room, walked into the kitchen, and looked back. Matt was still staring. And at this point the dog was glancing around, a little edgy and concerned over what might be going on. Curious myself, I walked into the room and joined them. Matt finally looked up and said, with a great look of wonderment on his face, "Dad-does Roo know he's a dog?""
from, If Aristotle Ran General Motors
Tom Morris
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"That guy's so rich ... he pays somebody else to golf for him!"
Overheard at the 19th hole |
"I cannot think where this will stop ... I have seen so many changes in my lifetime that I do not know how to go on.
What will it be like for those who are born today and have long lives before them?"
Teresa of Avila in the mid-16th century
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| "Without Trenet, we would all be accountants."
Singer/songwriter Jacques Brel on the late Charles Trenet, one of France's most beloved popular singers. |
"I just want to raise the level of the folks that are around me if I can.
Sometimes words are needed and sometimes actions are needed
and sometimes just being quiet and understanding the whole picture.
Leadership means understanding the situation and
that's what I've been blessed with being able to do here."
Aeneas Williams
Professional football player
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