I would say that IQ is the strongest predictor of which field you can get into and hold a job in, whether you can be an accountant, lawyer or nurse, for example.

- Daniel Goleman

If I wasn't singing, I'd probably be, probably an accountant.

- Janet Jackson

The whole point of diaries is that other people find them and read what you've put. I did once take to writing my inner thoughts on the computer at the end of other things I was writing and ended up faxing four pages of hideous stuff to my accountant so I don't do that now.

- Helen Fielding

No, when I worked as an accountant I was falling asleep waiting for 5 o'clock.

- Heston Blumenthal

While I have served in public office for 30 years, my professional training is as a pharmacist, not a lawyer or an accountant.

- George Ryan

My money goes to my agent, then to my accountant and from him to the tax man.

- Glenda Jackson

I'm very aware of my spending, but I'm not very aware of my income. There are certain times when I speak to my accountant, or something will pop up, and I'll be like 'oh' but it's not really a frontrunner in my head.

- Gemma Ward

April is tax month. If you are having trouble filing your taxes, then you should hire an accountant. They'll give you the same advice that they've given hundreds of corporations - taxes are for douche bags.

- Ed Helms

People always ask me, 'Were you funny as a child?' Well, no, I was an accountant.

- Ellen DeGeneres

I'm pretty much a 9-to-5 kind of guy. I usually get to work about 8 in the morning, and I work until 4 or 5, and sometimes I work on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Pretty much I keep the same hours as an accountant or clerk or whatever.

- Douglas Preston

It's almost a blessing when we meet people who naturally want to do the sort of things that are in high demand in society. What a gift to do that, as opposed to other people who would say, 'I want to be a novelist but actually I have to be an accountant.'

- Alain de Botton

Never call an accountant a credit to his profession; a good accountant is a debit to his profession.

- Charles Lyell

I think too much of the music industry is for the lawyer and accountant mentality.

- Chuck D

My parents wanted me to work in a bank or as an accountant.

- Bruno Tonioli

I was an accountant in Chicago, and a friend of mine, Ed Gallagher, was in advertising. At 4:30 every day I'd be bored, and I would call him. He'd interview me.

- Bob Newhart

I was never a Certified Public Accountant... I just had a degree in accounting. The reason I was never a Certified Public Accountant was because it would require passing a test, which I would not have been able to do.

- Bob Newhart

I've been told to speed up my delivery when I perform. But if I lose the stammer, I'm just another slightly amusing accountant.

- Bob Newhart

After Huguette Clark died in 2011 at age 104, 19 relatives challenged her will, claiming she was mentally ill and had been defrauded by her nurse, attorney and accountant.

- Bill Dedman

I just wanted to be a businessman, and to me, the best way to understand business was to be an accountant.

- Aubrey McClendon

I do what I do, and write what I write, without calculating what is worth what and so on. Fortunately, I am not a banker or an accountant. I feel that there is a time when a political statement needs to be made and I make it.

- Arundhati Roy