Wall Street (1987 film)

1987 film by Oliver Stone
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Every dream has a price.

Gordon GekkoEdit

  • What's worth doing is worth doing for money.
  • [Pointing to a homeless man and a businessman standing on a street corner] You gonna tell me the difference between that guy and this guy is luck?
  • Ever wonder why fund managers can't beat the S&P 500? 'Cause they're sheep—and the sheep get slaughtered. I been in the business since '69. Most of these Harvard MBA types, they don't add up to dog shit. Gimme guys who are poor, smart and hungry. And no feelings. You win some, you lose some, but you keep on fighting . . . and if you need a friend, get a dog.

Bud FoxEdit

  • [As the market opens] We're off and running!
  • You know what's my dream? To someday be on the other end of that phone.
  • [After Gekko buys stock from him] WOO! I JUST BAGGED THE ELEPHANT, BABY!!
  • There's no nobility in poverty.
  • [Walks in to SEC agents waiting in his office] I guess you're not here to open an IRA...


Lou: Kid, you're on a roll. Enjoy it while it lasts, because it never does.
Lou: The problem with money, Bud—it makes you do things you don't want to do.
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 up to 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?



Mannheim: You can't get a little bit pregnant, son.



Carl: "There came into Egypt a pharoah who did not know."
Gekko: That's nice. Is that a proverb?
Carl: No, a prophecy.

[Long pause]

Bud: You fucking used me!
Bud: But why do you need to wreck this company...
Gekko: Because it's WRECKABLE, all right?! I took another look at it and I changed my mind.

Bud: How much is enough, Gordon?

Bud: Look Marv, 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: I want to make it up to you.[types on Marv's computer] Bluestar. Put all your clients in it.
Marv: ...Okay, Buddy-Buddy. We're back in business on Bluestar!

Mannheim: The main thing about money, Bud: It makes you do things you don't wanna do.

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: I think I understand.

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] Do 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] A nobody! [He hits him harder] 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] 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 I see myself. Why?

Carl: You told the truth and gave the money back. All things considered in this cockamamie world, you're shooting par.
Mrs. Fox: You helped save the airline, and the airline people are gonna remember you for it.
Carl: That's right. If I were you, I'd think about the job at Bluestar that Wildman offered you.
Bud: Dad, I'm going to jail and you know it.
Carl: Yeah, well, maybe that's the price, son. It's gonna be hard on you, that's for sure. But maybe in some kind of screwed-up way, it's the best thing that could've happened to you. Stop going for the easy buck and produce something with your life. Create instead of living off the buying and selling of others.


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