Notable quotes about accounting: Difference between revisions

| text = In the long run, management stressing accounting appearance over economic substance usually achieves little of either.<ref>{{cite web |title=68Chairman's InspirationalLetter Quotes on- Accounting1981 |url=https://graciousquoteswww.berkshirehathaway.com/accountingletters/1981.html |publisher=Berkshire Hathaway Inc. |date=1982-02-26 |access-date=2025-12-2631}}</ref>

| text = “Creative accounting is an absolute curse to a civilization. One could argue that double-entry bookkeeping was one of history’s great advances. Using accounting for fraud and folly is a disgrace. In a democracy, it often takes a scandal to trigger reform. Enron was the most obvious example of a business culture gone wrong in a long, long time.”<ref>{{cite webbook |last=Munger |first=Charles T. |title=68Poor InspirationalCharlie's QuotesAlmanack: onThe AccountingWit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger |urlpublisher=https://graciousquotesDonning Company Pub.com/accounting/ |access-date=2025-12-262008}}</ref>