Daily Inspiration Quote by Rachel Griffiths

Texas gets mythologized as an oil-and-cattle colossus, but Griffiths nudges the camera toward a less glamorous backbone: the small business owner. The timing matters. “Even more now that Enron has bit the dust” is doing heavy cultural work, invoking the early-2000s corporate apocalypse when a hometown titan (Houston-based Enron) collapsed under fraud and spectacle. In that wreckage, she reframes what “holds up” the state: not swaggering CEOs or Fortune 500 logos, but the quieter density of shops, contractors, diners, and family-run operations that keep a place functioning when the big story implodes.

Her phrasing is casual, almost tossed off, which is precisely why it lands. “Bit the dust” is folksy, a little gleeful, and it punctures corporate self-importance. The dash-studded delivery mimics spoken thought, signaling she’s not delivering an economic thesis so much as an observation from the ground: a post-scandal recalibration of what counts as real strength. The line also smuggles in a critique of Texas’s brand. If the state’s identity leans on big-business bravado, Enron exposes how brittle that can be; small businesses become the moral and practical counterweight, associated with grit, proximity, and accountability.

As an actress, Griffiths is attuned to narrative power: she picks a fall-from-grace villain (Enron) and a resilient supporting cast (small businesses). The subtext is a values pitch: stop confusing headline-making scale with stability, and start noticing who actually keeps the lights on.