Gordon Gekko: This is the kid, calls me 59 days in a row, wants to be a player. There ought to be a picture of you in the dictionary under persistence, kid.
Gordon Gekko: 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.
Gordon Gekko: Ever wonder why fund managers can't beat the S&P 500? 'Cause they're sheep, and sheep get slaughtered.
Gordon Gekko: Mixed emotions, buddy. Like Larry Wildman going off a cliff in my new Maserati.
Bud Fox: What I see is a jealous old machinist who can't stand the fact that his son's become more successful than he has!
Carl Fox: What you see is a guy who never measured a man's success by the size of his wallet!
Lou Mannheim: I don't know where you get your information, but I don't like it.
Gordon Gekko: It's not always the most popular person who gets the job done.
Bud Fox: Why do you need to wreck this company?
Gordon Gekko: Because it's WRECKABLE, all right? I took another look at it and I changed my mind!
Gordon Gekko: You see that building? I bought that building ten years ago. My first real estate deal. Sold it two years later, made an $800,000 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.
Gordon Gekko: The most valuable commodity I know of is information.
Gordon Gekko: If you need a friend, get a dog.
Gordon Gekko: I'm gonna make you rich, Bud Fox.
Gordon Gekko: The point is ladies and gentlemen that greed, for lack of a better word, is good.
Bud Fox: Life all comes down to a few moments. This is one of them.
Gordon Gekko: 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.