Accepted Accounting Principles

Famous quotes containing the words accepted, accounting and/or principles:

“Masturbation is not only an expression of self-regard: it is also the natural emotional outlet of those who ... have already accepted as inevitable the wide gulf between their real futures and the expectations of their fantasies.”
—Quentin Crisp (b. 1908)

“I, who am king of the matter I treat, and who owe an accounting for it to no one, do not for all that believe myself in all I write. I often hazard sallies of my mind which I mistrust.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)

“The principles which men give to themselves end by overwhelming their noblest intentions.”
—Albert Camus (1913–1960)