Best quotes from Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

Don't get me wrong, this movie surely did suck, especially in comparison to the original. But it is a movie about Gordon Gekko, at least on some level. What were the best quotes?

My favorite: "Money is not the prime asset in life, time is."

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I thought the time quote was kind of profound. I was reading the other day about Rockefeller and the advent of using heating oil in the home; people could do things at night that they couldn't do before. They could rearrange their schedules and literally add hours to their days. What an incredible breakthrough.

"Give me guys that are poor, smart, and hungry. And no feelings." - Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko in "Wall Street"
 

The whole movie sucked. Anyone who says otherwise is a total retard.

------------------------------------------------------------------ "I just want to be a monkey of average intelligence who wears a suit. I'll go to business school!"
 

and then there was the "fuck you" room.

"Give me guys that are poor, smart, and hungry. And no feelings." - Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko in "Wall Street"
 

My favorite quotes:

"It's not about the money - It's about the game." -Gordon Gekko

"I'll tell you what, you stop telling lies about me and I'll stop telling the truth about you." -Gordon Gekko

Jake: "What's your number..." Bretton: "More..."

"A fisherman can always spot another fisherman from afar." -Gordon Gekko

Bretton: "Consider the motorcycle a part of your severance." Jake: "FUCK YOU BRETTON!!!"

Bud Fox: "Does Blue Horseshoe still love Anacott Steel?"

"If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars." - J. Paul Getty
 

i didnt totally the hate the movie, but only because they first made it seem like Gekko was going to be some down and out chump, but then he came back all alpha style so i left the movie happy that they stayed true to his character.

Idealism kills every deal. Gordon Gekko

 

"Right now it is ugly, time's ugly, and that's when the ugly get going. You tell 'em from me babe, Gordon Gekko is back."

Classic. But yeah, the movie sucked......Gekko staring sadly at a sonogram is the gayest thing I've ever seen.

 

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