#account

All that seems indispensible in stating the account between the dead and the living, is to see that the debts against the latter do not exceed the advances made by the former. ↗

— James Madison

#advances #against #between #dead #debts

Did you ever hear of a kid playing accountant - even if they wanted to be one? ↗

— Jackie Mason

#did #even #ever #hear #kid

I have had many occasions this year where I questioned and second-guessed my decision in a game, but it comes down to learning from mistakes and being accountable for what you did right or did wrong. ↗

— Don Mattingly

#being #comes #decision #did #down

I'm letting no man handle my bank account. ↗

— Hattie McDaniel

#bank #bank account #handle #i #letting

With the Truman book, I wrote the entire account of his experiences in World War I before going over to Europe to follow his tracks in the war. When I got there, there was a certain satisfaction in finding I had it right - it does look like that. ↗

— David McCullough

#before #book #certain #does #entire

Life is not accountable to us. We are accountable to life. ↗

— Denis Waitley

#life #us

Anyone weighing whether to re-elect the President should take the bin Laden operation into account: it is a powerful exhibit that Obama is a steely Commander in Chief - a critical test for many Americans. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#anyone #bin #chief #commander #critical

A human act once set in motion flows on forever to the great account. Our deathlessness is in what we do, not in what we are. ↗

— George Meredith

#act #flows #forever #great #human

Mr. Ware has no right to discharge any of his laborers on account of their political opinion. ↗

— Charles E. Merrill

#any #discharge #his #laborers #mr

My landlady, who is only a tailor's widow, reads her Milton; and tells me, that her late husband first fell in love with her on this very account: because she read Milton with such proper emphasis. ↗

— Karl Philipp Moritz

#because #emphasis #fell #first #her