Sherron Watkins Quotes (10 Quotes)

I try to tell secular people that not all Christians are judgmental, ... The ones who have their hearts right have the love of Jesus just pouring out of them. Their compassion for otherssinners includedis so obvious. That's what our reputation should be.

Those vocabulary words colored what people thought about her. Different coworkers would find out I went to church. And they'd be like, 'You take that mouth to church' ... I wasn't walking with the Lord every day or listening to what the Holy Spirit put on my heart about my behavior. I didn't lie on my expense report or cheat in any other way, but I sure cursed. But the Enron mess put me back in the right spot. I realized what I was missing most was that daily relationship with Jesus.

Enron had a brief window to salvage itself last fall and we missed that opportunity because of Mr. Lay's failure to recognize or accept that the company had manipulated its financial statements,

By December 2, 2001, Enron stock had plummeted and the conglomerate declared bankruptcy. That's when the congressional investigations started, ... They were shocked that this Fortune 7 Company could spiral out of control. At least 13 different congressional committees held formal investigations into Enron's demise. One of them, the House Energy and Commerce Committee, stumbled across my memos to Ken Lay in a box of documents they had subpoenaed from Enron.

It was just assumed that I was wrong. It was a blatant lie.

I would still be hired to talk about the leadership failures of Enron. It's not relevant to me at all if they are convicted in this court.

I thought the investigation was bogus.

I think I have a copy.

When you know you're going to be in heaven with your Maker one day, you think about doing what's rightnot what you can get away with, ... There's no hiding from God. That belief is what kept me from falling into a corporate culture that outwardly encouraged individuals to display respect and integrity while encouraging them to compromise whenever it was expedient, rationalizing the compromise because 'everyone else does it.'

I'm not an expert at that. I wish I hadn't sold I don't know whether a crime was committed.