Kenneth Lay Quotes

Investors don't like uncertainty.

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

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I don't think I'm a criminal, number one.

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But certainly I didn't know he was doing anything that was criminal.

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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.

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• Today
• Energy
• Food

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

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• Mind
• Responsibility

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

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• World
• Financial

We don't break the law.

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• Law

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

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• Strong

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

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• Important
• California

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

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

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• Unknown

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

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• Food

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

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• Strong
• Value

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

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• Fool

Any slots at the senior level, including CEO or other slots, will be filled internally.

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• Senior

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

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• Time
• Balance

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

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• Responsibility

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.

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• Life

The transmission systems are still regulated.

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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.

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• Up

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

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

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• Responsibility

There are absolutely no problems that had anything to do with Jeff's departure.

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