Reclassified Financial Statements Quotes & Sayings

Reconstructing the past is rather like translating poetry. It can be done, but never exactly. — Norman Davies

Satire, though it may exaggerate the vice it lashes, is not justified in creating it in order that it may be lashed. — Anthony Trollope

The three most effective incentives to human action may be ... classified as creed, greed and dread ... In examining the scientist it is perhaps worth while to examine how far he is moved by these three incentives. I think that, rather peculiarly and rather exceptionally, he is very little moved by dread ... He is in fact essentially a person who has been taught he must be fearless in his dealing with facts. — Robert Watson-Watt

What are the liberal arts and sciences? They are simply fields in which knowledge is pursued disinterestedly - that is, without regard to political, economic, or practical benefit. Disinterestedness doesn't mean that the professor is equally open to any view. Professors are hired because they have views about their subjects, views that exclude opposing or alternative views. Disinterestedness just means that whatever views a professor does hold, they have been arrived at unconstrained, or as unconstrained as possible, by anything except the requirement of honesty. — Louis Menand

One of my other nicknames was Thomas Edison, because I invented so many moves. — Earl Monroe

The bear and I --
we rise like a windstorm
to witness these old trees talk. — Vivian Demuth

The ideas of the great playwrights are almost always larger than the experiences of even the best actors. — Stella Adler

Success is that old ABC - ability, breaks and courage. — Charles Luckman

The ultimate philosophical truth is this: Without Christ, all is vanity even when it's easy; with Him, all is well even when it's hard. — Robert J. Morgan

Drawing attention to myself has never been a goal. — Alison Elliott

Summertime in the french countryside is the smell of ripening fig trees and the taste of wild blackberries. — Vicki Archer

I'll take you back to your place. I just want to stop by the duplex and grab one thing first." "What's that?" "My guitar," he said as we trampled through the tall grasses. "I think this time we're going to need more than just your voice to drown out this latest dose of pain. — Megan Squires

'Bunk' is a comedy game show where, each week, three of my favorite comedians compete in a series of bizarre and meaningless challenges all for my entertainment. Ethan T. Berlin and Eric Bryant created 'Bunk.' — Kurt Braunohler

Production is the only answer to inflation. — Chester Bowles

When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld