19 Quotes by Ken Lay

We believe that the information we have made available addresses a number of the concerns that have been raised by our shareholders and the SEC about these matters,

I can't imagine a worse nightmare ... than being accused of criminal activity you did not do.

I give them a lot of running room and authority to do their jobs. All of that I tried to leave for my senior people and I've found ... generally that works very well. Get the best people, give them plenty of authority and let them develop their own ideas and organizations and go with it.

Jeff was very genuine about his problem. In my 10 to 15 years with Jeff, he'd always been a straight-shooter with me.

look more like part of a political campaign.

I would never have thought ever that I would be in criminal court defending charges.

While we had been willing to give Andersen the benefit of the doubt until the completion of that investigation, we can't afford to wait any longer in light of recent events, including the reported destruction of documents by Andersen personnel and the disciplinary actions taken against several of Andersen's partners working in its Houston office,

We basically had a real-time audit by Arthur Andersen ongoing, all the time.

(Vinson & Elkins) shared with us the four people Ms. Watkins said agreed with her about her concerns in fact did not agree with her on those matters. Nor did anybody else they talked to.