The Forensic Quotes

“Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.” —Sun Tzu”
― Paul Regan, The Forensic: How the CIA, a Brilliant Attorney and a Young CPA Brought Down Howard Hughes

“It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people’s lives.” —Clint Eastwood”
― Paul Regan, The Forensic: How the CIA, a Brilliant Attorney and a Young CPA Brought Down Howard Hughes

“The universe is made of stories, not of atoms.” —Muriel Rukeyser”
― Paul Regan, The Forensic: How the CIA, a Brilliant Attorney and a Young CPA Brought Down Howard Hughes

“Empires implode from within due to their own excesses.”
― Paul Regan, The Forensic: How the CIA, a Brilliant Attorney and a Young CPA Brought Down Howard Hughes

“He was leaving behind a Las Vegas transformed from a crime-based, mob-owned casinos and hotels, to the new large corporate organizations building massive billion-dollar complexes. These complexes included hotels, casinos, five-star restaurants and their celebrity chefs, shops, and vast entertainment venues that showcased the world’s biggest stars.”
― Paul Regan, The Forensic: How the CIA, a Brilliant Attorney and a Young CPA Brought Down Howard Hughes

“Money Horror Show”
― Paul Regan, The Forensic: How the CIA, a Brilliant Attorney and a Young CPA Brought Down Howard Hughes

“You don’t learn from successes; you don’t learn from awards; you don’t learn from celebrity; you only learn from wounds and scars and mistakes and failures. And that’s the truth.”
― Paul Regan, The Forensic: How the CIA, a Brilliant Attorney and a Young CPA Brought Down Howard Hughes

“Particularly for staff accountants, life was demanding in the Big 8 accounting firms during this time. The environment resembled a boot camp. In those days, to become a CPA, accountants had to work for two years at a CPA firm, and pass a two-and-a-half-day exam, (passed by less than 40 percent of those taking the exam) to become a CPA. These requirements gave CPA firms the upper hand when dealing with their staff accountants during those first two years.”
― Paul Regan, The Forensic: How the CIA, a Brilliant Attorney and a Young CPA Brought Down Howard Hughes

“In the sixties and early seventies, the Big 8 international accounting firms ruled their employees with strict codes of conduct that were often brutally enforced.”
― Paul Regan, The Forensic: How the CIA, a Brilliant Attorney and a Young CPA Brought Down Howard Hughes