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enron-scandal civilization long
Creative accounting is an absolute curse to a civilization. One could argue that double-entry bookkeeping was one of history's great advances. Using accounting for fraud and folly is a disgrace. In a democracy, it often takes a scandal to trigger reform. Enron was the most obvious example of a business culture gone wrong in a long, long time. Charlie Munger
enron-scandal west-coast corporations
Because the sad fact is that the Enron Corporation and others manipulated with unfortunately great effect the energy market in the West Coast starting in 2000. Jay Inslee
enron-scandal calling whistleblowers
In the Enron scandal, whistleblower Sherron Watkins is now calling herself Enron Brokovitch. She testified Ken Lay was duped by the other executives. Oh, yeah. When is the last time you got duped and made $100 million? Jay Leno
calling chamber floor higher onto tough
We have no higher stewardship, no higher calling than to come onto this floor and into this chamber and make the tough decisions. Mike Pence
calling dad folks mom start suggesting unfair
When folks start calling my dad a murderer or suggesting my mom and dad had something to do with the disappearance, that's too much, too far, unfair and it's wrong, Gary Condit
calling ducks hear
When it was first installed, you could hear the calling of long-tailed ducks in the background. Wing Goodale
calling countrymen field giving hold hopes invention literature mirror natural open
Literature is my calling To hold up the mirror to my countrymen comes natural to me; and in the open field of invention I am not without hopes of giving them pleasure.
calling felt music saying
When I was a little boy, I was reading Dante and I was saying to myself 'Bravo, Dante, Bravo.' It's so beautiful, the music, the sound, the meaning. I felt like calling him by phone, like a friend. Roberto Benigni
calling uncomfortable okay
I felt uncomfortable calling myself a writer until I started with 'The New Yorker,' and then I was like, 'Okay, now you can call yourself that. David Sedaris
calling clearly felt mine months particular six telling work
I hadn't ever felt any particular calling to be a novelist, and I clearly remember telling a friend of mine about six months before I started work on 'Elsewhere' that I would never write a novel. Gabrielle Zevin
calling inquiry point
We are not calling for an inquiry at this point in time.
calling cannot companies decide matter oil presence public send
We are not calling for a blockade, but if oil companies decide they cannot send out lorries while there is a public presence at their site, then that is a matter for them.