Gordon Gekko 42.0

42 Must-read Quotes by Gordon Gekko.

On Beginnings

1.0

I bought that building ten years ago. My first real

estate deal. Sold it 2 years later, made an 800,000

dollar 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.

2.0

Every battle is won before it's ever fought. Think

about it.

On Greed

3.0

Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is

right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through

and captures the essence of evolutionary spirit.

Greed in all its forms, greed for life, for money, for

love, knowledge has marked the upward surge of

mankind. And greed, you mark my words, will

save …that other malfunctioning corporation

called the USA.

4.0

Someone reminded me I once said "Greed is

good". Now it seems it's legal. Because everyone

is drinking the same Kool Aid.

On the Animal within the rest of us

5.0

Jesus Christ...if this guy owned a funeral parlor,

no one would die! This turkey is totally brain-

dead!

6.0

You ever wonder why fund managers can't beat

the S&P 500? Because they're sheep, and sheep

get slaughtered.

7.0

Bulls make money. Bears make money. Pigs?

They get slaughtered.

On Love & Friendship

8.0

We're smart enough not to buy into the oldest myth

running - Love. Fiction created by people to keep

them from jumping out of windows.

9.0

And if you need a friend, get a dog. It's trench

warfare out there pal.

On Information

10.0

Stop sending me information, and start getting

me some.

11.0

I wanna be surprised. Astonish me pal. New

Info - I don't care where, or how you get it - just

get it.

12.0

The most valuable commodity I know of, is

information

13.0

Tell me something I don't know, it's my birthday.

Surprise me.

14.0

The mother of all evil is speculation.

15.0

I don't throw darts at a board - I bet on sure

things.

Getting Real

16.0

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.

17.0

You're walking around blind without a cane, pal.

A fool and his money are lucky enough to get

together in the first place.

18.0

Stop telling lies about me and I'll stop telling the

truth about you.

19.0

Well, ladies and gentlemen we're not here to

indulge in fantasy but in political and economic

reality.

20.0

Idealism kills every deal.

On Managing Time

21.0

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.

22.0

I look at a hundred deals a day. I choose one.

23.0

What's worth doing, is worth doing for money. If

it's a bad bargain, nobody gains.

24.0

It's all about bucks, kid. The rest is conversation.

25.0

The one thing I learned in jail is that money is

not the prime asset in life. Time is.

26.0

Lunch is for wimps!

On Money

27.0

Money never sleeps, pal. He later updated this to

Money is a bitch that never sleeps!

28.0

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.

29.0

It's not about the money. It's about the game

between people.

30.0

I don't like losses, sport. Nothing ruins my day

more than losses.

Describing Himself

31.0

I am not a destroyer of companies; I am a

liberator of them.

32.0

I create nothing. I own.

33.0

In my book, you either do it right, or you get

eliminated.

34.0

The richest one percent of this country owns half our country's wealth…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. 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.

What he expects from his employees

35.0

Most of these Harvard MBA types - they don't

add up to dogshit. Give me guys that are poor,

smart, hungry - and no feelings. You win a few,

you lose a few, but you keep on fighting.

36.0

You had what it took to get into my office; The

real question is whether you got what it takes to

stay.

37.0

It’s not always the popular guy who gets the job

done.

38.0

Christmas is over, and business is business.

39.0

Hey, hey, stay positive, pal. Most people, they

lose, they whine and quit. But you got to be there

for the turns. Everybody's got good luck,

everybody's got bad luck. Don't run when you

lose. Don't whine when it hurts. It's like the first

grade, Jerry. Nobody likes a crybaby.

On Capitalism

40.0

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!

Endgame

41.0

What the hell, so we only make ten million.

On Revenge

42.0

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.

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