Enron Key Quotes Flashcards
It is creating…
“It is creating an open, transparent marketplace that replaces the dark, blind system that existed”
Within every…
“Within every great man there is a buried risk”
For those who…
“For those who don’t know, I’m the reason you’re here”
The market will…
“The market will recognise your idea and your profit in that moment.”
In a corporate…
“In a corporate boardroom, high up, Skilling and Roe finish having clothed, quick sex”
He says only people…
“He says ‘Only people prepared to lose are ever gonna win’”
Someone’s gonna fucking…
“Someone’s gonna fucking die/That’s the coolest thing”
Come on then…
“Come on then, motherfucker, you wanna play with the big boys?”
Read…
“Read Dawkins, The Selfish Gene”
He ups…
“He ups Fastow’s speed. Fastow tries to keep up”
The analysts become…
“The Analysts become a barbershop quartet and sing”
Skilling’s daughter…
Skillings Daughter appears somewhere high up, not close to him
I want to give…
“I want to give Enron a mistress”
He opens…
He opens the matchbox and takes out a tiny red, glowing box
The photographer…
“The photographer beneath him to make him look impressive god like”
Here’s the next…
“Here’s the next big thing, people trading bandwidth”
Clever…
“Clever girls”
Everything upstairs…
“Everything upstairs is bullshit compared to this”
Well, sure, I mean…
“Well, sure, I mean. I can tell clever numbers. I’m the king of em”
And who is…
“And who is the most beautiful woman is irrelevant”
It’s important…
“It’s important because I want people to like me”
Let’s…
“Let’s rape this motherfucker!”
There’s a…
“There’s a sort of ticking sound”
But we are a…
We are not…
“But we are a black box Jeff”
“We are not! We’re a logistics company! With a ton of great ideas-”
Once you bury…
“Once you bury a dead dog, you don’t dig it up to smell it”
Skilling’s hamartia
“Asshole” Act 2 sc 9
He ends…
“He ends, his arms outstretched, crucifying himself before the market” Act 2 sc 9
And how do you…
“ And how do you feel about the employees whose families have lost their life savings? Act 3 sc 2
I believe I was…
“ I believe I was extremely greedy and that I lost my moral compass. I’ve done terrible things that I very much regret”
We knew…
I knew…
“We knew and understood that is was wrong”
“I knew and understood that it was legal”
If you want objective…
“If you want objective morality present in every contract, you’re living in a dream”
I’ve lost…
“I’ve lost a hundred and fifty thousand dollars. I have no money to retire on.”
Skilling is left…
Skilling is left alone watching the employees enter the church.
And the greatest…
“And the greatest of these….is Money”
Lay and Fastow…
Lay and Fastow are cuffed. Skilling is cuffed.”
