Wall Street

Lynch: [After Bud gets promoted] The minute I laid eyes on you, I knew you had what it took. Lynch: [When Bud gets arrested] The minute I laid eyes on you, I knew you were no good. Darien: You know, sometimes I miss you, Gordon. You're really twisted. Marv: We're all just one trade away from humility, Bud. Marv: [Sees Bud's new corner office] Very nice. So what is it, "Mr. Cocksucker" now?

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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.

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Bud: Lou, I got a sure thing. Anacott Steel. Mannheim: No such thing except death and taxes. No fundamentals, not a good company anymore. 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.

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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 wa

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Gekko: 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, the

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Carl: "There came into Egypt a pharaoh who did not know." Gekko: I beg your pardon, is that a proverb? Carl: No, a prophecy.

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