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Gordon Gekko: Someone reminded me I once said "Greed is good". Now it seems it's legal. Because everyone is drinking the same Kool Aid.
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Jacob Moore: If it weren't for people who took risks, where would we be in this world?
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Gordon Gekko: Why don't you start calling me Gordon?

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Winnie Gekko: He's not who you think he is Jake!

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Lewis Zabel: There's so much you don't know, Jacob...

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Jacob Moore: [from trailer] Is this a threat? Gordon Gekko: Absolutely.

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Gordon Gekko: They took my life - and when I got out - who's waiting for me? Nobody!
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Gordon Gekko: It's not about the money - It's about the game.
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Gordon Gekko: Payback. Except I'm not in that business anymore - because the one thing I learned in jail is that money is not the prime asset in life. Time is.
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Gordon Gekko: It's easy to get in - it's hard to get out.

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Gordon Gekko: The mother of all evil is speculation.

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Gordon Gekko: Idealism kills every deal.

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Gordon Gekko: Stop telling lies about me and I'll stop telling the truth about you.
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Bretton James: Consider the motorcycle part of your severance pay. Jacob Moore: Fuck you!
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Bud Fox: So, does Blue Horseshoe still love Anacott Steel?
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Gordon Gekko: Bulls make money. Bears make money. Pigs? They get slaughtered.
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Jacob Moore: Fuck you, Bretton!

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Gordon Gekko: Money is a bitch that never sleeps!

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Jacob Moore: Every thief has an excuse.

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Gordon Gekko: You know what they say, "Parents are the bone on which children sharpen their teeth."
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Gordon Gekko: It's not about the money. It's about the game between people.
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Jacob Moore: How's your day goin'? Lewis Zabel: I told you- good day I'm okay, bad day I'm okay. Stop bugging me on my feelings. They're irrelevant.

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Check out the top 10 quotes from Wall Street 2 :Money Never Sleeps, these quotes remind you that accumulating wealth is simply just a game to be played. Gordon Gekko: It's easy to get in - it's hard to get out. Gordon Gekko: Don't run when you lose, don't whine when it hurts. It's like the first grade, Jerry...nobody likes a crybaby. Gordon Gekko: I've been considered a pretty smart guy and maybe I was in prison too long. But sometimes it's the only place to stay sane and look out through those bars and say, 'Is everybody out there nuts?! Gordon Gekko: Its a bankrupt business model. Its malignant, like cancer. Its a disease. Now we have to fight back. I'll tell you how to fight back in three words: Buy. My. Book.

Gordon Gekko: Money's a bitch that never sleeps and you have to be careful because one morning you could wake up and it will all be gone. Gordon Gekko: They took my life - and when I got out - who's waiting for me? Nobody! Gordon Gekko: Bulls make money. Bears make money. Pigs? They get slaughtered. Gordon Gekko: Payback. Except I'm not in that business anymore - because the one thing I learned in jail is that money is not the prime asset in life. Time is. Jacob Moore: You know what insanity is...doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Jacob Moore: If it weren't for people who took risks, where would we be in this world?

The most dangerous question on Wall Street

DIEGO: What's the most dangerous question on Wall Street? JACOB: Tell me. DIEGO: "How are you?"

Gordon Gekko: It's easy to get in - it's hard to get out. Gordon Gekko: Don't run when you lose, don't whine when it hurts. It's like the first grade, Jerry...nobody likes a crybaby.

Gordon Gekko: I've been considered a pretty smart guy and maybe I was in prison too long. But sometimes it's the only place to stay sane and look out through those bars and say, 'Is everybody out there nuts?! Gordon Gekko: Its a bankrupt business model. Its malignant, like cancer. Its a disease. Now we have to fight back. I'll tell you how to fight back in three words: Buy. My. Book. Gordon Gekko: Money's a bitch that never sleeps and you have to be careful because one morning you could wake up and it will all be gone. Gordon Gekko: They took my life - and when I got out - who's waiting for me? Nobody! Gordon Gekko: Bulls make money. Bears make money. Pigs? They get slaughtered. Gordon Gekko: Payback. Except I'm not in that business anymore - because the one thing I learned in jail is that money is not the prime asset in life. Time is. Jacob Moore: You know what insanity is...doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Jacob Moore: If it weren't for people who took risks, where would we be in this world?

Who fucked up?

NORWEGIAN MAN: What about the rating agencies? RICH MAN: Yeah, they fucked up too. NORWEGIAN MAN: What about the investment bank that put these CDO's together? RICH MAN: Fucked up.

NORWEGIAN MAN: What about the bank that made the original loan? RICH MAN: Totally fucked up. NORWEGIAN MAN: What am I supposed to tell my villagers? RICH MAN: That you fucked up.

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The mother of all bubbles

GORDON GEKKO (V.O.) (CONT'D): You wanna know what the mother of all bubbles was? Us. The human race. Scientists call it the Cambrian Explosion, from the Cambrian fauna.

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[In Bud's new office] Marv: Very nice. So what is it, *Mr.* Cocksucker now? Share this quote

Gordon Gekko: Lunch is for wimps. Share this quote

Bud Fox: I'm tapped out Marv. American Express' got a hit man lookin' for me. Share this quote

Gordon Gekko: When I get a hold of the son of a bitch who leaked this, I'm gonna tear his eyeballs out and I'm gonna suck his fucking skull. Share this quote

Carl Fox: Stop going for the easy buck and start producing something with your life. Create, instead of living off the buying and selling of others. Share this quote

Gordon Gekko: The richest one percent of this country owns half our country's wealth, five trillion dollars. One third of that comes from hard work, two thirds comes from inheritance, interest on interest accumulating to widows and idiot sons and what I do, stock and real estate speculation. It's bullshit. You got ninety percent of the American public out there with little or no net worth. I create nothing. I own. We make the rules, pal. The news, war, peace, famine, upheaval, the price per paper clip. We pick that rabbit out of the hat while everybody sits out there wondering how the hell we did it. Now you're not naive enough to think we're living in a democracy, are you buddy? It's the free market. And you're a part of it. You've got that killer instinct. Stick around pal, I've still got a lot to teach you. Share this quote

Gordon Gekko: You're walking around blind without a cane, pal. A fool and his money are lucky enough to get together in the first place. Share this quote

Bud Fox: How much is enough? Gordon Gekko: It's not a question of enough, pal. It's a zero sum game, somebody wins, somebody loses. Money itself isn't lost or made, it's simply transferred from one perception to another. Share this quote

Gordon Gekko: Mixed emotions, buddy. Like Larry Wildman going off a cliff in my new Maserati. Share this quote

Bud Fox: Sun-tzu: If your enemy is superior, evade him. If angry, irritate him. If equally matched, fight, and if not split and reevaluate. Share this quote

Lou Mannheim: Man looks in the abyss, there's nothing staring back at him. At that moment, man finds his character. And that is what keeps him out of the abyss. Share this quote

Lou: The main thing about money, Bud, is that it makes you do things you don't want to do. Share this quote

Darien Taylor: When you've had money and lost it, it can be much worse than never having had it at all! Bud Fox: That is BULLSHIT! [throws a whiskey bottle destructively; Darien starts to leave] Bud Fox: HEY! HEY! You step out that door, and I am *changing the locks*! Share this quote

Bud Fox: Life all comes down to a few moments. This is one of them. Share this quote

Gordon Gekko: [at the Teldar Paper stockholder's meeting] Well, I appreciate the opportunity you're giving me Mr. Cromwell as the single largest shareholder in Teldar Paper, to speak. Well, ladies and gentlemen we're not here to indulge in fantasy but in political and economic reality. America, America has become a second-rate power. Its trade deficit and its fiscal deficit are at nightmare proportions. Now, in the days of the free market when our country was a top industrial power, there was

accountability to the stockholder. The Carnegies, the Mellons, the men that built this great industrial empire, made sure of it because it was their money at stake. Today, management has no stake in the company! All together, these men sitting up here own less than three percent of the company. And where does Mr. Cromwell put his million-dollar salary? Not in Teldar stock; he owns less than one percent. You own the company. That's right, you, the stockholder. And you are all being royally screwed over by these, these bureaucrats, with their luncheons, their hunting and fishing trips, their corporate jets and golden parachutes. Cromwell: This is an outrage! You're out of line Gekko! Gordon Gekko: Teldar Paper, Mr. Cromwell, Teldar Paper has 33 different vice presidents each earning over 200 thousand dollars a year. Now, I have spent the last two months analyzing what all these guys do, and I still can't figure it out. One thing I do know is that our paper company lost 110 million dollars last year, and I'll bet that half of that was spent in all the paperwork going back and forth between all these vice presidents. The new law of evolution in corporate America seems to be survival of the unfittest. Well, in my book you either do it right or you get eliminated. In the last seven deals that I've been involved with, there were 2.5 million stockholders who have made a pretax profit of 12 billion dollars. Thank you. I am not a destroyer of companies. I am a liberator of them! The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind. And greed, you mark my words, will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA. Thank you very much. Share this quote

Gordon Gekko: The point is ladies and gentlemen that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Share this quote

[Bud is just finding out about a meeting concerning Blue Star] Roger Barnes: Well, you're only the President of the company. What the hell do you know, anyway? Share this quote

[Blue Star has gone from 24 to 16 1/2 in a very short time] Gordon Gekko: Fox, where the hell are you? I am losing MILLIONS! You got me into this airline and you sure as hell better get me out or the only job you'll ever have on the Street is SWEEPING IT! You hear me, Fox? Bud Fox: You once told me, don't get emotional about stock. Don't! The bid is 16 1/2 and going down. As your broker, I advise you to take it. Gordon Gekko: Yeah. Well you TAKE IT! [shouts]

Gordon Gekko: *Right in the ass you fucking scumbag cocksucker!* Bud Fox: It's two minutes to closing, Gordon. What do you want to do? Decide. Gordon Gekko: [calms down] Dump it. Share this quote

Marv: [Bud has been ignoring him] What the hell is the matter with you? Things are so bad out there even the lifers are complaining, but not you. No. You're pulling in big money. So what's the score huh... Bud Fox: Hey LOOK! I am SICK and TIRED of playing wet nurse to you all the time! Will you do your own homework, Marv? Marv: [leaves] What an asshole! Share this quote

Gordon Gekko: What's worth doing is worth doing for money. Share this quote

Gordon Gekko: I'm gonna make you rich, Bud Fox. Share this quote

Gordon Gekko: I'm talking about liquid. Rich enough to have your own jet. Rich enough not to waste time. Fifty, a hundred million dollars, buddy. A player. Or nothing. Share this quote

Gordon Gekko: I don't throw darts at a board. I bet on sure things. Read Sun-tzu, The Art of War. Every battle is won before it is ever fought. Share this quote

Gordon Gekko: If you need a friend, get a dog. Share this quote

Gordon Gekko: The most valuable commodity I know of is information. Share this quote

Gordon Gekko: Greed captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Share this quote

Gordon Gekko: I look at a hundred deals a day. I pick one. Share this quote

Gordon Gekko: You see that building? I bought that building ten years ago. My first real estate deal. Sold it two years later, made an $800,000 profit. It was better than sex. At the time I thought that was all the money in the world. Now it's a day's pay. Share this quote

Bud Fox: Why do you need to wreck this company? Gordon Gekko: Because it's WRECKABLE, all right? I took another look at it and I changed my mind! Share this quote

Gordon Gekko: Ever wonder why fund managers can't beat the S&P 500? 'Cause they're sheep, and sheep get slaughtered. Share this quote

Bud Fox: This is really a nice club, Mr. Gekko. Gordon Gekko: Yeah, not bad for a City College boy. I bought my way in, now all these Ivy league schmucks are sucking my kneecaps. Share this quote

Gordon Gekko: [meeting alone together in Central Park] Hiya, Buddy. Bud Fox: [nods as the both walk up to face one another] Gordon. Gordon Gekko: [with a smirk on his face] Sand bagged me on Bluestar huh? I guess you think you taught the teacher a lesson that the tail can wag the dog huh? Well let me clue you in, pal. The ice is melting right underneath your feet. [punches Bud and grabs him by the coattails] Gordon Gekko: Did you think you could've gotten this far this fast with anyone else, huh? That you'd be out there dicking someone like Darien? No. You'd still be cold calling widows and dentists tryin' to sell 'em 20 shares of some dog shit stock. I took you in. [hits him again]

Gordon Gekko: A NOBODY! [and again] Gordon Gekko: I opened the doors for you! Showed you how the system works! The value of information! How to *get it*! Fulham oil! Brant resources! Geodynamics! And this is how you fucking pay me back you COCKROACH? [hits him once again and Bud falls to the ground] Gordon Gekko: I GAVE you Darien. I GAVE you your manhood. I gave you EVERYTHING! [calms down, then takes out his handkerchief and throws it to Bud to clean off the blood] Gordon Gekko: You could've been one of the great ones Buddy. I looked at you and saw myself. Why? Bud Fox: [getting up] I don't know. I guess I realized that I'm just Bud Fox. [firmly] Bud Fox: As much as I wanted to be Gordon Gekko, I'll *always* be Bud Fox. [tosses back the handkerchief and walks away] Share this quote

Carl Fox: I don't go to bed with no whore, and I don't wake up with no whore. That's how I live with myself. I don't know how you do it. Share this quote

Gordon Gekko: Well you take it, right in the ass you scumbag cocksucker. Share this quote

Gordon Gekko: This is the kid, calls me 59 days in a row, wants to be a player. There ought to be a picture of you in the dictionary under persistence kid. Share this quote

Gordon Gekko: It's not always the most popular person who gets the job done. Share this quote

Bud Fox: Blue Horseshoe loves Anacott Steel. Share this quote

Bud Fox: Hi, Marv. Marv: [sarcastically] Oh, hi. Say, why don't YOU get the hell out of MY office!

Bud Fox: I know I've been a bit of a schmuck lately and I just want to apologize. Marv: You've been a *real* schmuck lately. So go thou and sin no more. Bud Fox: Let me make it up to you. [types on computer] Bud Fox: Bluestar. Put *all* your clients in it. Marv: [pause] Ok, Buddy Buddy. We are back in business on Bluestar. Share this quote

Gordon Gekko: You stop sending me information, and you start getting me some. Share this quote

Carl Fox: Money's only something you need in case you don't die tomorrow... Share this quote

Gordon Gekko: It's all about bucks, kid. The rest is conversation. Share this quote

Carl Fox: He's using you, kid. He's got your prick in his back pocket, but you're too blind to see it. Bud Fox: No. What I see is a jealous old machinist who can't stand the fact that his son has become more successful than he has! Carl Fox: What you see is a guy who never measured a man's success by the size of his WALLET! Bud Fox: That's because you never had the GUTS to go out into the world and stake your own claim! [Long Pause] Carl Fox: Boy, if that's the way you feel, I must have done a really lousy job as a father. Share this quote

Bud Fox: There's no nobility in poverty. Share this quote

Lou Mannheim: Kid, you're on a roll. Enjoy it while it lasts, 'cause it never does. Share this quote

[after Bud lost $100,000 on a 'dog' stock] Gordon Gekko: I guess your Dad isn't on the Board of Directors of *that* company, is he? Share this quote

Gordon Gekko: If you're not inside, you're *outside*! Share this quote

Gordon Gekko: Jesus, if this guy owned a funeral parlor nobody would die! Share this quote

Bud Fox: About average yield... very attractive. Hooker: Mmm... [while unzipping Bud's pants] Bud Fox: Rising profits... strong balance sheet. Hooker: I'm hot on this stock. Bud Fox: It's ready to take off. I'd jump all over it if I were you. Share this quote

Bud Fox: Having sex with her was like reading the Wall St Journal. Share this quote

Marv: We're all just one trade away from humility. Share this quote

Marv: Sure went down the toilet with that ugly bitch. Share this quote

Carl Fox: "There came into Egypt a Pharaoh who did not know." Gordon Gekko: I beg your pardon, is that a proverb? Carl Fox: No, a prophecy. The rich have been doing it to the poor since the beginning of time. The only difference between the Pyramids and the Empire State Building is the Egyptians didn't allow unions. I know what this guy is all about, greed. He don't give a damn about Bluestar or the unions. He's in and

out for the buck and he don't take prisoners. Share this quote

[Bud just got a promotion] Lynch: The minute I laid eyes on you, I knew you had what it took. Share this quote

[Bud just got arrested] Lynch: The minute I laid eyes on you, I knew you were no good. Share this quote

Gordon Gekko: You gonna tell me the difference between this guy and that guy is luck? [points at a bum and businessman] Share this quote

Bud Fox: What's the matter? Did somebody die? Marv: Yeah... Share this quote

Gordon Gekko: I want to know where he goes, what he sees, I want you to fill in the missing pieces of the puzzle. Share this quote

Bud Fox: You know what my dream is? It's to one day be on the other end of that phone. Share this quote

Gordon Gekko: Sir Larry Wildman. Like all Brits, he thinks he was born with a better pot to piss in. Share this quote

Gordon Gekko: [awed by the morning light] I've never seen a painting that captures the beauty of the ocean, at a moment like this. Share this quote

Darien Taylor: I don't want him to ever know, you understand? Gordon Gekko: Mum's the word. [after a pause] Gordon Gekko: You and I are the same, Darien. We are smart enough not to buy in to the oldest myth running; love. Diction created by people to keep them from jumping out of windows. [laughs] Darien Taylor: You know sometimes I miss you... Share this quote

Lou Mannheim: Bud... Bud I like you. Just remember something. Man looks in the abyss, there's nothing staring back at him. At that moment man finds his character. And that is what keeps him out of the abyss. Bud Fox: I think I understand. Share this quote

Lou Mannheim: I don't know where you get your information, but I don't like it. Share this quote

Bud Fox: [after Gordon calls back and buys Bluestar] [Loudly] Bud Fox: Yeah! Woooo! I just bagged the elephant! Share this quote

Realtor: Everybody tells you they hate the upper East Side. They wanna live on the West Side. But believe me, when it's resale time, the East Side moves all the time. I mean what do you got on the West Side? Sean and Madonna? Share this quote

Gordon Gekko: That's the one thing you have to remember about WASPs: they love animals and hate people. Share this quote

Investment Banker: Your boy really did his homework, Fox. And you'll have the shortest executive career since that Pope that got poisoned. Share this quote

Bud Fox: Did mom give you fish for dinner? Carl Fox: Spaghetti! Your mother still makes lousy spaghetti. Bud Fox: It's called "pasta" now, dad. "Spaghetti" is out of date. Carl Fox: So am I. Share this quote

[first lines] Businesswoman #1: [a crowd of businessmen stampede into an elevator] Excuse me. Businessman #1: Easy! Businesswoman #2: Excuse me! Businessman #2: Thank you. Businesswomen #3: Sorry! Businessman #3: Easy! Businessman #4: Easy! Share this quote

[last lines] Carl Fox: [Bud is being dropped off in front of the courthouse] We'll park the car and catch up with you. Bud Fox: Alright. Share this quote

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Quotes from Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

Gordon Gekko is back with Wall Street - Money Never Sleeps.He is a super villain yet we love him.Michael Douglas still has it in him.A tribute to the best film doing the rounds.

Jacob:"Waking up is positive,not sleep is negative."

Winnie:"Home Loan Default is but the first raindrop from the mother of all storms".

Louis:"The world is full of crap".

Louis:"A television or other figure is like he knows something. He sells fear and panic.Idiots feel great". Jacob:"Are we going bankrupt?" Louis:"You ask the wrong question". Jacob:"What is the right question?" Louis:"Who does not".

The best part of the movie Gekko's speech : Gekko:"You're all pretty much f***ed.You know it,

but you are the generation of ninja... No income, no job and no assets. You have much to look forward to. Blood Money, but then your blood. Someone reminded me recently on I would have said, "greed is good '. But now it seems to have been lawful. By greed buy my bartender three houses he can not afford. He has no money on hand. By greed finance your parents their $ 200,000 home for $ 250,000. With the extra 50,000 they go to shop to buy a plasma TV cell phones, computers and an SUV why not even a second home? The house prices in America still increases only. Because of greed government reduces interest rates to 1% after September 11 So we all went to go spend. They all have expensive terms for trillions of dollars in payments CMO, CDO, SID, ABS 75 people in the world know but what they mean. I'll tell you what they stand for. WMD. Mass Destruction Weapons. Mr. banker looks around and says, 'my life is pretty boring'.So he screwed his interest to 40 to 50, with your money not his own,but your money. Because he can. You would have to borrow. They do not. And best of all, no one is responsible. Because everyone drinks the same Kool Aid. The truth is that we all part of it the banks, consumers, they spend their money all go around in circles. We'll take one U.S. dollar, syringes filled with steroids and call it profit.

I call it steroids banking. I'm smart when it comes to finance.

Maybe I'm too long in prison, sometimes it is the only place to stay normal.If you look through those bars and says: "Hey, is everybody mad? So clearly it is, for those who clearly pay attention Speculation is the mother of all evil 'Leverage Debt'. What it comes down to is borrowing to the maximum. What I also find annoying, but it is a bankrupt business, it does not work it is systematic, malignant and it's worldwide as cancer.It's a disease and we have to fight it. How can this be done? How do we affect the disease, the benefit of ourselves. I'll tell you. In three words... buy my book."

Gekko:"She's at night beside your bed watching you, with one eye open. Money is a bitch that never sleeps. She is jealous, and if you do not pay attention, you'll wake up and she's gone".

Jacob's Mom:"Your father is defending as the defense of smallpox". Jacob:"I remember that I looked up at the hospital after school and thought, how tough is that my mother who saves lives". Jacob's Mom:"Do not change the subject.I do not save lives". Jacob:"But you did and that's what counts".

Jacob:"Everyone has a song that is often a round number.So, what is yours"? Bretton:"More". Gekko:"A fisherman always see another angler from afar". Gekko:"Relationships are like bubbles. They're fragile". Gekko:"He has an ego as big as Antartica. Like me". Gekko:"Parents are the bones on which children sharpen their teeth". Gekko:"You know what they say. Bulls make money bears make money, and pigs be slaughtered". "It's an economic Pearl Harbour". Bretton:"Are you an idealist or a capitalist"? Jacob:"I'm a realist". Gekko:"If it about money, boy, you go eyes shine just like mine". "The government is worse as a woman". Jacob:"I thought Betton was a creep, but when I met you.I can not believe someone sell his own daughter". Jacob:"How much money you earn, you'll never be rich". Gekko:"That's what you never understood. It's not about the money.It's about the game. The game between people". "What is the definition of insanity? Is that still do the same and then expect a different outcome?

According to this view,most of us are insane".

Gordon Gekko

Lunch? Aw, you gotta be kidding. Lunch is for wimps. The public's out there throwing darts at a board, sport. I don't throw darts at a board I bet on sure things. What's worth doing is worth doing for money. I look at a hundred deals a day. I pick one. It's not always the most popular person who gets the job done. That's the one thing you have to remember about WASPs: they love animals and hate people. When I get a hold of the son of a bitch who leaked this, I'm gonna tear his eyeballs out and I'm gonna suck his fucking skull. If you want a friend, get a dog. Wake up, will ya, pal? If you're not inside, you're outside, okay? And I'm not talking a $400,000 a year working Wall Street stiff flying first class and being comfortable, I'm talking about liquid. Rich enough to have your own jet. Rich enough not to waste time. Fifty, a hundred million dollars, buddy. A player, or nothing. Now, you had what it took to get into my office; the real question is whether you got what it takes to stay. I am not a destroyer of companies. I am a liberator of them! The point is, ladies and gentlemen, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms: greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge, has marked the upward surge of mankind. And greed, you mark my words, will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA. Thank you very much. o Note: The bolded portion is ranked #57 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.

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Gekko: Money never sleeps, pal. I just made $800,000 in Hong Kong gold. It's been wired to you play with it. You done good, but you gotta keep doing good. I showed you how the game works, now school's out.

Bud: Mr. Gekko, I'm there for you 110%. Gekko: No, no, no, no, you don't understand. I want to be surprised. Astonish me, pal, new info, don't care where or how you get it, just get it. My wife tells me you made a move on Darien. Here's some inside info for ya. That Euroflash GQ type she's going with? He's got big bucks, but he's putting her feet to sleep. Exit visas are imminent. I don't want you to lose your place in line. [gazing at the surf] Oh, jeez, I wish you could see this the lights coming up. I've never seen a painting that captures the beauty of the ocean in a moment like this. I'm going to make you rich, Bud Fox, rich enough you can afford a girl like Darien. This is your wake up call, pal. Go to work.

Bud: Lou, I got a sure thing. Anacott Steel. Mannheim: No such thing except death and taxes. No fundamentals, not a good company any more. What's going on, Bud? You know something? Remember there are no shortcuts, son. Quick buck artists come and go with every bull market, but the steady players make it through the bear market. You're a part of something here, Bud. The money you make for people creates science and research jobs. Don't sell that out. Bud: You're right, Lou, you're right. But you gotta make it to the big time first, then you can be a pillar and do good things. Mannheim: You can't get a little bit pregnant, son. Bud: Lou, trust me, it's a winner. Buy it.

Gekko: The rarest pistol in the world, Larry. A .45 Luger. Only six of them were ever manufactured. Wildman: Congratulations. Rarer still is your interest in Anacott Steel. Gekko: My interest is the same as yours, Larry. Money. I thought it'd be a good investment for my kid. Wildman: No. This time, I'm in for the long term; it's not a liquidation. I'm going to turn it around. You're getting a free ride on my tail, mate. With the dollars you're costing me to buy back the stock, I could modernize the plant. I'm not the only one who pays here, Gordon. We're talking about lives and jobs, three and four generations of steelworkers. Gekko: Correct me if I'm wrong, but when you acquired CNX Electronics you laid off, what, 6000 workers? Jemson Fruit, 4000? That airline you bought

Wildman: I could break you, mate, in two pieces over my knees. You know it, I know it. I could buy you six times over. I could dump the stock just to burn your arse. But I happen to want the company, and I want your block of shares.

Carl: He's using you, kid. He's got your prick in his back pocket, but you're too blind to see it. Bud: No. What I see is a jealous old machinist who can't stand the fact that his son has become more successful than he has! Carl: What you see is a guy who never measured a man's success by the size of his wallet! Bud: That's because you never had the guts to go out into the world and stake your own claim! [Long pause] Carl: Boy, if that's the way you feel, I must have done a really lousy job as a father.

Bud: You fucking used me! Gekko: Well, you're walking around blind without a cane, pal. A fool and his money are lucky enough to get together in the first place.

Bud: How much is enough, Gordon? When does it all end, huh? How many yachts can you water-ski behind? How much is enough, huh? Gekko: It's not a question of enough, pal. It's a Zero Sum game somebody wins, somebody loses. Money itself isn't lost or made, it's simply transferred from one perception to another. Like magic. This painting here? I bought it ten years ago for sixty thousand dollars. I could sell it today for six hundred. The illusion has become real, and the more real it becomes, the more desperately they want it. Capitalism at its finest. Bud: How much is enough, Gordon? Gekko: The richest one percent of this country owns half our country's wealth, five trillion dollars. One third of that comes from hard work, two thirds comes from inheritance, interest on interest accumulating to widows and idiot sons and what I do, stock and real estate speculation. It's bullshit. You got ninety percent of the American public out there with little or no net worth. I create nothing. I own. We make the rules, pal. The news, war, peace, famine, upheaval, the price per paper clip. We pick that rabbit out of the hat while everybody sits out there wondering how the hell we did it. Now, you're not naive enough to think we're living in a

democracy, are you, buddy? It's the free market. And you're a part of it. You've got that killer instinct. Stick around, pal, I've still got a lot to teach you.

Gekko: Hiya, Buddy. Bud: Gordon. Gekko: Sandbagged me on Bluestar, huh? I guess you think you taught the teacher a lesson that the tail can wag the dog, huh? Well, let me clue you in, pal. The ice is melting right underneath your feet. [He punches Bud] Gekko: Did you think you could've gotten this far this fast with anyone else, huh? That you'd be out there dicking someone like Darien? Naw you'd still be cold calling widows and dentists trying to sell them 20 shares of some dog shit stock. I took you in [He hits him again] Gekko: A nobody! [He hits him harder] Gekko: I opened the doors for you showed you how the system works the value of information how to get it! Fulham Oil, Brant Resources, Geo Dynamics, and this is how you fucking pay me back, you cockroach! [He knocks Bud to the ground] Gekko: I gave you Darien! I gave you your manhood, I gave you everything! [calms down] You could've been one of the great ones, Buddy. I look at you and see myself. Why? Bud: I don't know. I guess I realized that I'm just Bud Fox and as much as I wanted to be Gordon Gekko, I'll always be Bud Fox.

Best Wall Street Movie Quotes

Friday, January 21 by Tom Gordon NEXT PREV

The most famous of the 10 best "Wall Street" movie quotes is even familiar to people who haven't even seen the movie. But the script, by Stanley Weiser and director Oliver Stone, is full of great quotes and most of them were delivered with intensity and cool by Gordon Gekko

(Michael Douglas, who deservedly won the Best Actor Oscar for the role). See if this list of the best "Wall Street" movie quotes matches the ones you remember most.
1. "Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind." Gordon Gekko lays out his philosophy of life and money at a stockholders meeting. It became one of the most-quoted movie lines of the '80s. 2. "What's worth doing is worth doing for money." Gekko rationalizes his unfeeling company takeover philosophy to Carl Fox (Martin Sheen), the father of his protege, Bud Fox. It's enough to get Carl to leave the table and place squarely between his mentor and his dad. 3. "The problem with money, Bud, is that it makes you do things you don't want to do." Lou Mannheim (Hal Holbrook) regrets having to go in on a shady deal with information he doesn't trust. He tells Bud the only reason he's doing it is that he needs the money and that's why people in business make a lot of questionable moves. 4. "It's not always the most popular guy who gets the job done." Gekko lays it out for a crowd of union members, basically telling them that the alternative to his involvement is bankruptcy and a move to break up the union. Coming from someone as slick as Gekko, everyone but Carl Fox seems to buy it. 5. "It's all about bucks, kid. The rest is conversation." Gekko tells Bud that his father's company is going down, simply because Gordon changed his mind. Gekko tries to bring Bud around by reminding him that he's going to be a rich young man and he can take care of his father. It's definitely his "it's not personal, it's business" moment. 6. "Life all comes down to a few moments. This is one of them." Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen) prepares to meet with Gekko, the man he's been trying to get a job with for months. Bud realizes this moment could change his life forever if he only knew just how it would all change. 7. "Money's only something you need in case you don't die tomorrow." Carl Fox tries to minimize the importance of money after Bud asks for a small loan. Bud repeats the line to Gekko toward the end of the film when he realizes he'll never be like Gekko. 8. "If you need a friend, get a dog." Gekko tells Bud he may not be tough enough to handle Wall Street. It's an early indication that Gekko isn't worried about making friends or enemies. 9. "That's the one thing you have to remember about WASPs: They love animals and hate people." Gekko imparts more wisdom to Bud, explaining the value of getting on the Zoological Society's board. Donations buy you access to information, the best clubs and more. 10. "You see that building? I bought that building ten years ago. My first real estate deal. Sold it two years later, made an $800,000 profit. It was better than sex. At the time I thought that was all the money in the world. Now it's a day's pay." Gekko tells Bud he has to think big, that being "comfortable" isn't worth it. Gekko makes it clear that getting rich, whether you have to play with rules and be a little merciless, is worth it.