“It is the last part of the business I would hand over to someone who is less than qualified.”
~ Barbara Taylor, co-founder of Synergy Business Services, on the accounting function.
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Quote of the Day: From ‘Rockstar’ CFO to Mowing Lawns | 04.12.10
- Caleb Newquist
- April 13, 2010
“Before the fraud broke, people would ask me what I did before I retired and I’d say I was founder and former CFO of HealthSouth. But today when people ask me what I did before I retired I kind of look away and say I was an accountant and hope they don’t ask me any other questions.”
~ Aaron Beam, former CFO of HealthSouth and current lawn-care business owner, at the University of Texas-Dallas Fraud Summit, earlier this month.
Who Says Accountants Just Talk About Money?
- Caleb Newquist
- June 5, 2010
“People think that accountants are all white shirts and blue suits and that we just talk about money all the time but we’re not! We’ve got personalities too and I’m hoping my appearance on the show will improve our image.”
~ Christopher Stone (aka the Singing Accountant) is thinking about all of you white shirted, blue suited types out there.
We’ll Drag Them Kicking and Screaming if We Have To
- Caleb Newquist
- November 16, 2010
“Then what we’ve done is lay a predicate for this next Congress to deal with where we have $3 of spending cuts for every dollar of revenue increase.”