Top 54 Kenneth Lay Quotes: Famous Quotes & Sayings About Kenneth Lay

#1. Well, the manhunt continues for that elusive evil mastermind, but I'm telling you Enron CEO Kenneth Lay remains at large.

David Letterman

#2. A lot of Congressmen yesterday were upset when Kenneth Lay took the Fifth. Lay said it wasn't his fault. He had planned on testifying, but when Jeffrey Skilling testified, he took all the really good lies.

Jay Leno

#3. Enron CEO Kenneth Lay has apparently just slipped across the border into Pakistan.

David Letterman

#4. Today the United States has admitted that after months and months of searching, we still have no idea where Osama bin Laden is. Osama bin Laden? We can't even find Kenneth Lay.

Jay Leno

#5. Coasted up the Adriatic, its shores swimming in an atmosphere of amber, rose, and aquamarine; we lay in wide land-locked harbours, we roamed through ancient and noble cities,

Kenneth Grahame

#6. We will cooperate fully with the SEC and look forward to the opportunity to put any concern about these transactions to rest.

Kenneth Lay

#7. They can't do without electricity. They can do with less electricity.

Kenneth Lay

#8. Today, there are also buyers and sellers of all these energy commodities, just like there are buyers and sellers of food commodities and many other commodities.

Kenneth Lay

#9. Emotions are reserved for juries and, in that case, a good lawyer can really lay them on when the time is right, better than the best Academy Award winning actor

Kenneth Eade

#10. The last thing I would have ever expected to happen to me in my life would be that, in fact, I would be accused of doing something wrong and maybe even something criminal.

Kenneth Lay

#11. The angel lay in the little thicket. It had no need of love. There was nothing anywhere in the world could startle it. We can lie here with the angel if we like. It couldn't have hurt much when they slit its throat.

Kenneth Patchen

#12. When there's uncertainty they always think there's another shoe to fall. There is no other shoe to fall.

Kenneth Lay

#13. I've not only pursued the American dream, I've achieved it. I suppose we could say the last few years, I've also achieved the American nightmare.

Kenneth Lay

#14. 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

#15. There are no accounting issues, no trading issues, no reserve issues, no previously unknown problem issues.

Kenneth Lay

#16. Aggressive accounting does not mean illegal accounting.

Kenneth Lay

#17. Investors don't like uncertainty.

Kenneth Lay

#18. The great achievement of the Catholic Church lay in harmonizing, civilizing the deepest impulses of ordinary, ignorant people.

Kenneth Clark

#19. Jeff knew full well what he was walking away from. Again, he needed to deal with this right away.

Kenneth Lay

#20. I take full responsibility for what happened at Enron. But saying that, I know in my mind that I did nothing criminal.

Kenneth Lay

#21. In the case of Enron, we balance our positions all the time.

Kenneth Lay

#22. If there is anything material and we're not reporting it, we'll be breaking the law. We don't break the law.

Kenneth Lay

#23. I have faith in the market when we get the rules right.

Kenneth Lay

#24. We use competitive markets to arrange for delivery of our food supply.

Kenneth Lay

#25. But the most important thing is, Enron did not cause the California crisis.

Kenneth Lay

#26. We've tried to get as much supply into California as we can.

Kenneth Lay

#27. Well, rates would go up whether you deregulate or not, and of course, the rates that are going up right now on the electricity side are still within the regulated framework.

Kenneth Lay

#28. Trillions of dollars every day are being exchanged around the world in all of the financial markets.

Kenneth Lay

#29. But I can't take responsibility for criminal conduct of somebody inside the company.

Kenneth Lay

#30. It's been very interesting. We've seen a lot of interesting testimony. We've seen a lot of interesting people, a lot of allegations, a lot of lies, a lot of misinformation and some truth.

Kenneth Lay

#31. I'd carry the mail for you, Ethel,
Stop running around with that pup,
He's got a car, sure, and jack to throw
Like water but what does he want?
What do they all want? something easy,
Something that somebody else worked for.
Ethel, lay off rich kids, you'll end dirty.

Kenneth Patchen

#32. Our liquidity is fine. As a matter of fact, it's better than fine. It's strong.

Kenneth Lay

#33. We don't break the law.

Kenneth Lay

#34. I don't fear jail because I know I'm not guilty. I know I did nothing wrong. I did nothing criminal and I also believe my God will get me through this.

Kenneth Lay

#35. The problems in California have been that it's been very difficult to site and build new power plants.

Kenneth Lay

#36. We see ourselves as first helping to open up markets to competition.

Kenneth Lay

#37. I have to take responsibility for anything that happened within its businesses.

Kenneth Lay

#38. Every market is in transition.

Kenneth Lay

#39. Am I a fool? I don't think I'm a fool. But I think I sure was fooled.

Kenneth Lay

#40. We're (also) looking for a good people person who is able to motivate others and get strong performances out of people.

Kenneth Lay

#41. But indeed a market like California is not good for Enron.

Kenneth Lay

#42. We need someone who is a strong representative of our value system.

Kenneth Lay

#43. You'd rather have a surplus versus a shortage in your position.

Kenneth Lay

#44. 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 July 8, 2004, failure does not equate to a crime.

Kenneth Lay

#45. I mean, our primary businesses in wholesale pipelines, utilities, retail, were all doing extremely well.

Kenneth Lay

#46. I've been a strong financial and political supporter of, first, President Bush Sr. when he was running for president, and even when he ran for president a time or two and failed.

Kenneth Lay

#47. I threw my whole life and lived my life in a certain way to make sure that I would never violate any law.. certainly never any criminal laws.. and always maintained that most important to me was my integrity, was my character, were my values.

Kenneth Lay