GG: Well, I appreciate the opportunity you're giving me Mr. Cromwell as the single largest shareholder in Teldar Paper, to speak. Well, ladies and gentlemen we're not here to indulge in fantasy but in political and economic reality. America, America has become a second-rate power. Its trade deficit and its fiscal deficit are at nightmare proportions. Now, in the days of the free market when our country was a top industrial power, there was accountability to the stockholder. The Carnegies, the Mellons, the men that built this great industrial empire, made sure of it because it was their money at stake. Today, management has no stake in the company! All together, these men sitting up here own less than three percent of the company. And where does Mr. Cromwell put his million-dollar salary? Not in Teldar stock; he owns less than one percent. You own the company. That's right, you, the stockholder. And you are all being royally screwed over by these, these bureaucrats, with their luncheons, their hunting and fishing trips, their corporate jets and golden parachutes. Cromwell: This is an outrage! You're out of line Gekko! Gordon Gekko: Teldar Paper, Mr. Cromwell, Teldar Paper has 33 different vice presidents each earning over 200 thousand dollars a year. Now, I have spent the last two months analyzing what all these guys do, and I still can't figure it out. One thing I do know is that our paper company lost 110 million dollars last year, and I'll bet that half of that was spent in all the paperwork going back and forth between all these vice presidents. The new law of evolution in corporate America seems to be survival of the unfittest. Well, in my book you either do it right or you get eliminated. In the last seven deals that I've been involved with, there were 2.5 million stockholders who have made a pretax profit of 12 billion dollars. Thank you. 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. And greed, you mark my words, will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA. Thank you very much.
That was an amazing movie. I applaud you for quoting it. - - - - - - - "I've often thought that in the hereafter of our lives, when I owe no more to the future... can be... just a man... that we may meet. And you'll come to me, claim me yours, and know that I am your husband. ... It is a dream I have" "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. ... I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate All those moments will be lost.. in time.. like tears... in rain... ... Time to die."
Mech Chick: . . I haven't had anything in my nethers in god knows how long Mal: HEY! I don't need to be hearing all that Jayne: I could stand to hear a bit more. . . Rocket River
ah and these classics: Don't disturb my friend, he's dead tired. Gen. Kirby: Keep on the airwaves and let me know if you hear anything unusual. Soldier: I'll keep at it. What are you expecting? Gen. Kirby: World War Three. Matrix: Remember, Sully, when I promised to kill you last? Sully: That's right, Matrix. You did. Matrix: I lied. Let off some steam Bennett.
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"F$*%" me gently with a chain saw" - Heathers "IT's better to burn out than to fade away" - highlander "Are you a ***?" - Cop "Why, you cruisin' for a piece of ass?" - Macleod -Highlander
The funniest quote from that movie was: These are good too: Just a well written movie and series, IMO.
This movie/Show made me a big Joss Whedon fan' Definately Rocket River much better than buffy or Angel
"You will lose alot of money chasing women but you will never lose a woman chasing money" Rocket River
