Category Archives: Classic Quotes

Well, Mr. Sokol, the Barometer can shed some light.  There is a big difference between what’s legal and what’s ethical.  Too many people occupy that space between the two as they cloak themselves in self-righteousness, victims of another’s willingness to call them … Continue reading →

Out of the mouths of wide receivers — from Flaxico Burress, Pittsburgh Steelers, who was reflecting on the deaths of Kansas City Chiefs linebacker, Jovan Belcher, who shot and killed himself after he shot and killed his girlfriend, who was … Continue reading →

University of Maryland, senior engineering major, Samer Alhawamdeh, in response to the news that his engineering professor, Manoj K. Jha, was indicted for defrauding the National Science Foundation of hundreds of thousands of dollars in grant funding. Yes, Professor Jha … Continue reading →

Lawrence Berger, lawyer for Frederick Humphries, the FBI agent who found the Petraeus/Broadwell e-mails and sent a shirtless photo of himself to Jill Kelley, Tampa socialite/ambassador/friend to Petraeus family/e-mail correspondent to General Allen/ general groupie/nemesis of Paula Broadwell. Yes, how … Continue reading →

John Silber, president of Boston University, from 1971-1996 and a Kant scholar. By all accounts, he did so.  He understood teaching and ethics.  He put the two together, and his students were the better for that combo plate. He has … Continue reading →

Former, and now imprisoned former governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich.  Spoken like a true Chicago political machinist.  All you Illinois politicos, beware.  The fluffy-haired one may be making good on his promise to snitch.

“Corzine Searches For What’s Next,” Wall Street Journal, October 30, 2012, p. C1 Corzine is, of course, Jon Corzine, the man who shepherded MF Global through a $1.6 billion loss of customer funds and into bankruptcy.  The headline finishes the … Continue reading →

New York City canceled its annual marathon after Mayor Bloomberg’s determination to sally forth in the days following Hurricane Sandy, despite millions of New Yorkers without power, tens of thousands without homes, and many without food.  When the bone-headed decision … Continue reading →

Testimony of former UBS trader, Kweku Adoboli, accused of causing the largest unauthorized trade in the history of the United Kingdom ($2.3 billion).  He has entered a not guilty plea to the charges and confusion as to how multi-billion-dollar losses … Continue reading →

A Barclays representative when questioned by a British regulator as to whether the Barclays was involved in some untoward behavior with regard to fixing interest rates in order to make its credit position look better than it was.  The crackerjack British regulator responded, … Continue reading →

John Kinnucan, founder of Broadband Research LLC, a Wall Street analyst firm, in December 2010, after FBI agents raided his office.  Mr. Kinnucan also added “My research has nothing to do with ‘inside information’ and everything to do with a … Continue reading →

A member of Parliament confronting former Barclays CEO, Robert Diamond, on the Barclays’ settlement for fixing LIBOR rates.  The best part was Mr. Diamond’s response, “Is there a question?”  Sure is, buddy, which one is it? He just got better when he added, … Continue reading →

Former hedge fund manager, Samuel Israel III, reflecting on his fraud – a $450 million Ponzi scheme that resulted in a 22-year prison sentence.  They always think they can keep things going until the news is better.