Faustus and Enron Quotations

‘His waxen wings…

‘His waxen wings did mount above his reach, / And, melting, heaven conspir’d his overthrow’

‘We’re trying…

‘We’re trying to change the world’

‘Ha!…

‘Ha! I’m Enron’

‘Yet thou art…

‘Yet thou art still but Faustus, and a man’

‘In the past…

‘In the past, folks thought that the basic unit of society would be the state, or the church or lord help us, the political party. But we know it’s The Company. And the family. And those two things should be the same.’

‘But if you’re smarter…

‘But if you’re smarter. You’re supposed to walk around like you’re shamed by it. Like everyone’s viewpoint is equally valid. Well it’s not, some people are [] idiots.’

‘Bene disserere…

‘Bene disserere est finis logices./ Is to dispute well logic’s chief end?’

‘Business…

‘Business is nature.’

‘Divinity, adieu!…

‘Divinity, adieu!/ These metaphysics of magicians/ And necromantic books are heavenly’

‘fly to India for gold…

‘fly to India for gold, / Ransack the ocean for orient pearl, / And search all corners of the new-found world’

‘There is a dignity…

‘There is a dignity to giving people something they can’t touch.’

‘We have intellectual capital…

‘We have intellectual capital… Look at the societies that do have the raw materials, how modern do they feel, really?’

Above us somewhere…

Above us somewhere, there is a twinkle of gold. And then another of silver somewhere else. And then more, commodities like stars in the sky.

Enter Devils…

Enter Devils, giving crowns and rich apparel to Faustus.

[Faustus and Mephostophilis] beat…

[Faustus and Mephostophilis] beat the Friars, and fling fireworks among them

‘This is the purest place in the world…

‘This is the purest place in the world. You know where you come if you’re top in your class? Here… There’s something primal. Closest thing there is to hunting.’

‘lay that damned book aside…

‘lay that damned book aside […] lest it tempt thy soul […] Read, read the scriptures’

‘I’ll burn…

‘I’ll burn my books!’

‘Regard his…

‘Regard his hellish fall’

‘And who’s gonna…

‘And who’s gonna notice something as small as this? How’s something this tiny ever gonna cause any trouble?’

‘Now as a lawyer…

‘Now as a lawyer I choose my words carefully. So when we tell you this story, you should know it could never be exactly what happened. But we’re going to put it together and sell it to you as the truth.’