Quotes by Kurt Eichenwald

“The magnitude of how terrifying this is cannot be overstated. These kids are being subjected to daily constant manipulation by the most talented manipulators I have ever seen.”

“Like most people, I gave little thought during my life to the scourge of child pornography. But, I now know we are fighting a losing battle. The predators are sophisticated in the use of computers and talented in the manipulation of children.”

“I even found a company that provided streaming video to sites operated by minors, on condition that its president be allowed to watch the pornographic performances for free.”

“Its laziness. Some go and collect a lot of quotes and put them together and never attempt to determine whose opinion is driven by fact and knowledge.”

Enron was becoming a virtual cult of creativity, often placing swagger over substance. New ideas were celebrated for their newness, for their potential; tried and true businesses like the pipelines were almost derided.

Enron would keep its unearned windfall, generated solely because David Duncan didnt know what he was doing.

...Fastow had found someone trusting and pliable.Fastow wanted a pupet, Bowen concluded, and he already controlled Ben Glisans strings.p.338

A eureka moment. It suddenly struck Mintz as so obvious. The executives entrusted with reviewing all of the LJM transactions- Causey, Buy, the board- approached their duties casually, giving everything just the onceover. They seemed to figure that somebody else was doing the tough analysis. But no one was.p.389

In a market, preceptions could be as important as reality.p.403

Kaminski plunged ahead. I am not going to sign off on anything related to the Raptors, he said. And I dont care if Im fired for it.Buy raised a hand. Whoa, wait a minute, I dont think youll be fired, he replied quickly. Now that Skillings gone, we have a different mantra in Enron.He looked Kaminski in the eye. Were expected to be honest, he said.p.525

Excuse me, Ben, Bowen said. Am I wrong, or arent you the corporate treasurer?Glisan bristled. Yes.What do you mean, you think you can get one? Bowen shot back. This is the current fucking maturities schedule! Go get it. You have to have a maturities schedule!But they didnt. With all the focus on deals and earnings- with finance groups transformation into a profit center rather than a division to support the business- the workday, boring details had been sloughed off.p. 560

Plenty of people detested Michael Jackson before his death wiped away the worlds collective memory. Timberlake was originally dismissed as just another boy-bander. Legions have joined in a Hate Anne Hathaway movement. Elvis, the Rolling Stones, Kristen Bell, even Mozart had haters.