American Quote by Adam Cohen

The only beef Enron employees have with top management is that management did not inform employees of the collapse in time to allow them…

— Ann Coulter

“A year earlier, no company had been accorded more faith than Enron; by late November, none was trusted less. And so, a gasping gurgle,…

— Roger Lowenstein

I think everybody is covering their [posteriors] with the Enron scandal and it was very convenient that Sept. 11 came along to deflect the…

— Sandra Bernhard

“The after-the-fact rationalizations were strikingly similar to the mind-set that produced the Enron disaster in the first place. The arguments were narrow and rules-based,…

— Bethany McLean

Before Enron, I think people were a bit more naive about the way things worked, and I think Enron pulled the curtain back on…

— Bethany McLean

Early 2000s, we get Enron, which tells us the books are dirty. And what is our repeated response? We just keep pulling the threads…

— Elizabeth Warren

I understand the chairman of the Senate Ethics comittee is going to examine the check-bouncing scandal with a microscope. ...makes sense... If you're going…

— Jay Leno

Public scandals are America's favorite parlor sport. Learning about the flaws and misdeeds of the rich and famous seems to satisfy our egalitarian yearnings.

— Robert Dallek

When Enron collapsed, through court processes, thousands and thousands of emails came out that were internal, and it provided a window into how the…

— Julian Assange

Scandal is great entertainment because it allows people to feel contempt, a moral emotion that gives feeling of moral superiority while asking nothing in…

— Jonathan Haidt

The Countrywide scandal is a lesson for anyone who tries to downplay the significance of crony capitalism, which moves far beyond perks and favors…

— Tom Fitton

“In my world, people are always plotting. You have no idea of all the crimes people in business commit every day. Like it was…

— Andrew Vachss