Gordon Gekko

* Lunch is for wimps.
* If you need a friend, get a dog.
* 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.
* Greed is good
* 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.
* 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.
* The most valuable commodity I know of is information.
* Greed captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit
* I look at a hundred deals a day. I pick one.
* Ever wonder why fund managers can't beat the S&P 500? 'Cause they're sheep, and sheep get slaughtered.
* 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.
* It's not always the most popular person who gets the job done.
* Blue Horse Shoe Loves Anacot Steel.
* If you're not inside, you're *outside*!
* If this guy owned a funeral parlor nobody would die!
* I'm gonna make you rich Bud Fox. This is your wake up call.
(my favorite Gekko quotes from Wall Street)