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Gordon Gekko: Someone reminded me I once said "Greed is good". Now it seems it's legal. Because everyone is drinking the same Kool Aid.
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Jacob Moore: If it weren't for people who took risks, where would we be in this world?
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Gordon Gekko: Why don't you start calling me Gordon?
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Winnie Gekko: He's not who you think he is Jake!
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Lewis Zabel: There's so much you don't know, Jacob...
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Jacob Moore: [from trailer] Is this a threat?
Gordon Gekko: Absolutely.
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Gordon Gekko: They took my life - and when I got out - who's waiting for me? Nobody!
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Gordon Gekko: It's about the game.
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Gordon Gekko: Payback. Except I'm not in that business anymore - because the one thing I learned in jail is that money is not the prime asset in life. Time is.
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Gordon Gekko: It's easy to get in - it's hard to get out.
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Gordon Gekko: The mother of all evil is speculation.
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Gordon Gekko: Idealism kills every deal.
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Gordon Gekko: I'll make a deal with you, Bretton. You stop telling lies about me, I'll stop telling the truth about you.
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Bretton James: Consider the motorcycle part of your severance pay.
Jacob Moore: Fuck you!
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Bud Fox: So, does Blue Horseshoe still love Anacott Steel?
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Gordon Gekko: Bulls make money. Bears make money. Pigs? They get slaughtered.
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Jacob Moore: Fuck you, Bretton!
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Gordon Gekko: Money is a bitch that never sleeps!
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Jacob Moore: Every thief has an excuse.
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Gordon Gekko: You know what they say, "Parents are the bone on which children sharpen their teeth."
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Gordon Gekko: It's not about the money. It's about the game between people.
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Jacob Moore: How's your day goin'?
Lewis Zabel: I told you- good day I'm okay, bad day I'm okay. Stop bugging me on my feelings. They're irrelevant.
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Gordon Gekko: I tell you,the government's worse than a wife.
Gordon Gekko: They got all the power,they got half the money.
Gordon Gekko: Now they're working on getting the other half.
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Gordon Gekko: Hey, hey, stay positive, pal.
Gordon Gekko: Most people, they lose, they whine and quit.
Gordon Gekko: But you got to be there for the turns.
Gordon Gekko: Everybody's got good luck, everybody's got bad luck.
Gordon Gekko: Don't run when you lose. Don't whine when it hurts.
Gordon Gekko: It's like the first grade, Jerry.
Gordon Gekko: Nobody likes a crybaby.
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Gordon Gekko: I don't wanna sound like a rooster taking credit for the dawn, but turning $100 million into $1.1 billion in this market, takes some brains, right?
Gordon Gekko: My guys are good.
Gordon Gekko: And it's no wonder our new fund is over-subscribed.
Gordon Gekko: But for you, I'm gonna initiate a third fund.
Gordon Gekko: Because, frankly, Julie, I couldn't be more excited about this. To finally be in business with you and your firm.
Julie Steinhardt: And us with you, Gekko.
Gordon Gekko: Yeah.
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Prison Guard: [First line; Gekko is being released from prison and his belongings are being returned to him] A silk handkerchief. A tie. A watch. A ring. A gold money clip, without money... and a mobile phone.
[the phone is a 1980s brick-size phone]
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Julie Steinhardt: 1929. It'll get worse now, 'cause it'll go faster. Money markets will dry up, round the world by the end of the week. ATMs will stop spitting bills. Federal deposit insurance will collapse. Banks'll close. Mobs panic. It's gonna be the end of the world, Bill.
[He whistles]
Julie Steinhardt: See?
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Gordon Gekko: You tell it from me, babe: Gordon Gekko is back!
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Gordon Gekko: I'm looking for deals, only good deals. Ride the trends, just don't try too hard for the turns.
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Lewis Zabel: Growing old is not for sissies
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Jacob Moore: You collect?
Bretton James: No, only the obsessive-compulsive and the insecurely egotistical feel the need to collect things.
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Quotes
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Director: Oliver Stone
Language: English Release date: September 24, 2010