"I'm not adapted for football, I'm not adapted for violin playing. I happen to be in something that pays off huge in this society...if i had been born some time ago I would have been some animal's lunch" -Warren Buffett
2002 – This day in the history of scandalized businessmen: CEO Bernard Ebbers of soon-to-be-bankrupt WorldCom tells analysts, “To question WorldCom’s viability is utter nonsense. I highly recommend everyone step back and focus on reality rather than the fear factor.” Elsewhere today in sworn testimony to a House subcommittee, Enron mastermind Jeffrey K. Skilling confides, “On the day I left, I absolutely and unequivocally thought the company was in good shape.”