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Nick Leeson: [looking into the mirror] I, Nicholas Leeson, have lost 50 million quid... IN ONE DAY!
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Nick Leeson: I'd never even heard of Barings before I started working for them. It's not like there's a Barings Bank in Watford.
Lisa Leeson: Well, you're a big hero back in London, they think the sun shines out your arse.
Nick Leeson: Really? I was beginning to feel like one of those Japanese soldiers, you know, still stuck out in the jungle 20 years after the war.
Lisa Leeson: What's it like here? They tell it's not safe to go out at night.
Nick Leeson: That's bollocks, the locals are great. Best thing about this place is it's not still full of pompous ex-colonials who think they were born to rule the world. That's what I love about Asia, anyone can make it, it doesn't matter which stupid school you went to.
Lisa Leeson: When they told me I was going to Jakarta I had to look it up on a map.
Nick Leeson: As a matter of fact, so did I.
Lee Ross
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