Enron Quotes

45 quotes by 34 authors

You don't want another Enron? Here's your law: If a company, can't explain, in one sentence, what it does... it's illegal. — Lewis Black
Unlike top management at Enron, exemplary leaders reward dissent. They encourage it. They understand that, whatever momentary discomfort they experience as a result of being… — Warren G. Bennis
I take responsibility for what happened at Enron, both good and bad. But I cannot take responsibility for criminal conduct that I was unaware of. — Kenneth Lay
Many Enron employees lost 70 percent to 90 percent of their retirement assets after the company indicated that it would re-state profit reports, — Elaine Chao
Bush began helping Enron in the eighties. — Paul Begala
I wish I could undo what I did at Enron but I can't. I understand that I deserve punishment. Your honor, I accept the prison… — Andrew Fastow
The collapse of Enron and the subsequent collapse of Arthur Andersen were tremendous tragedies. But as I stated at the time of my indictment on… — Kenneth Lay
Being a politician means never having to say you're sorry. You don't have to say, 'I never should have voted to subsidize that ridiculous Enron… — Harry Browne
We will not rest until the wooden stake is punched through the heart of the Enron lawsuit against us. — Maria Cantwell
But the most important thing is, Enron did not cause the California crisis. — Kenneth Lay
But indeed a market like California is not good for Enron. — Kenneth Lay
Companies like Enron have learned that small investments in endowing chairs, sponsoring research programs or hiring moonlighting professors can return big payoffs in generating books,… — Ralph Nader
George Clooney married Amal Alamuddin this year. Amal is a human rights lawyer who worked on the Enron case, was an advisor to Kofi Annan… — Tina Fey
You know Texas is - even more now that Enron has bit the dust - it's held up on the back of small businesses. — Rachel Griffiths
Ken Lay has, does and will continue to accept responsibility for the fall of Enron. He was the man at the controls. But failure is… — Michael Ramsey
The collapse of Enron was devastating to tens of thousands of people and shook the public's confidence in corporate America. — Robert Mueller
The trial of Enron chiefs Jeffrey Skilling and Ken Lay began four-and-a-half years after perpetrating -- allegedly -- the fraud that led to the second… — Jon Stewart
I predict that in the years ahead Enron, not Sept. 11, will come to be seen as the greater turning point in U.S. society. — Paul Krugman
I think that the failures of Enron and WorldCom and other companies are partially failures of investors to recognize companies that are selling for a… — Arthur Levitt Jr
Currently, we're finding that about 75 percent of potential jurors have anger or deep-seated hatred toward anyone associated with Enron. — Michael Ramsey

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