Gordon Gekko: You gonna tell me the difference between this guy and that guy is luck?
[points at a bum and businessman]
Carl Fox: "There came into Egypt a Pharaoh who did not know."
Gordon Gekko: I beg your pardon, is that a proverb?
Carl Fox: No, a prophecy. The rich have been doing it to the poor since the beginning of time. The only difference between the Pyramids and the Empire State Building is the Egyptians didn't allow unions. I know what this
guy is all about, greed. He don't give a damn about Bluestar or the unions. He's in and out for the buck and he don't take prisoners.
[BlueStar stock has gone from 19 to 22 7/8 very quickly]
Marv: Whew! Stock's going to Pluto, man.
Bud Fox: Start unloading!
Marv: What? SELL?
Bud Fox: Dump it! Dump it all! Where's Lou?
Marv: He's over there.
[Marv gets on the phone]
Marv: Ken, this
is Marvin at Jackson-Steinem. We've gotta DUMP this baby! Yeah, you've got to take the money and RUN on BST! Yeah, we're pulling out now.
[Bud arrives at his to see Lynch, agents from the SEC and USPS, an lawyer from the U.S. Attorney's Office, and and an NYPD uniformed officer ready to arrest him]
Bud Fox: [shocked] I guess you're not here to open an I.R.A.
Postal Inspector: Mr. Fox, I'm Henry Patterson with the Postal Inspection Service. This is Mr. Ebanhopper from the U.S.
Attorney's Office, Evan Morrissey from the Securities and Exchange Enforcement Office.
SEC Man: You're under arrest, Mr. Fox, for conspiracy to commit Securities fraud and for violating the Insider Trader's Sanction Act.
Lynch: [furious] The minute I've laid eyes on you, I knew you were no good.
U.S. Attorney: [as the cop
places the handcuffs on Bud, he is read the Miranda warning] You have the right to remain silent and refuse to answer questions. Do you understand? Anything you do say may be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to consult an attorney before speaking to the police and to have an attorney present during any questioning now or in the future.
[Bud, now fired and disgraced
from Jackson-Steinem, is led away from the office in tears amongst onlookers]
Bud Fox: [sobs to Carolyn] So long, Carolyn.
Darien Taylor: I don't want him to ever know, you understand?
Gordon Gekko: Mum's the word.
[after a pause]
Gordon Gekko: You and I are the same, Darien. We are smart enough not to buy in to the oldest myth running; love. A fiction created by people to keep them from jumping out of windows.
[laughs]
Darien Taylor: You know sometimes I miss you, Gordon; you're really twisted.
[after Bud lost $100,000 on a 'dog' stock]
Gordon Gekko: I guess your Dad isn't on the Board of Directors of *that* company, is he?
[Lynch is firing Dan]
Dan: We go way back, Harry. You know, I-I've put a lot of money into this firm over the years, and I've brought in a lot of businesses.
Lynch: You've taken enough out, too. You know that. You should have something put aside, for chrissake.
Dan: Well, I don't. With the divorces and everything, I haven't
had a chance. And the kids...
Lynch: The bridges are burned.
[Bud walks by Lynch's office]
Dan: When you fire me, I'm finished, Harry, finished on the street.
Lynch: How do think I feel about this?
Dan: How do you think I feel? I've got a lot of responsibilities.
Bud Fox:
[to Marv] What's goin' on?
Marv: Lynch is giving him the boot. He's not pulling his quota. We're all just one trade away from humility, Bud.
Gordon Gekko: What the hell do you want?
Bud Fox: I just found out about the garage sale down at Bluestar. Why?
Gordon Gekko: [GG looks surprised for a split second, then quietly chuckles] Last night, I was reading Rudy the story of Winnie-the-Pooh and the honeypot... You know what happened: he stuck his nose in the pot once too
often, and he got stuck.
[GG lights a cigarette]
Bud Fox: Maybe you oughta read him Pinocchio, Gordon.
[GG chuckles while exhaling smoke]
Bud Fox: I thought that you were gonna turn Bluestar around, not upside-down! You fucking used me.
Gordon Gekko: Well, you're walkin' around blind without a cane, pal. A fool
and his money are lucky enough to get together in the first place.
Bud Fox: But 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.
Bud Fox: If these people lose their jobs, they got nowhere to go! My father has worked there for 24 years! I
gave him my word.
Gordon Gekko: It's all about bucks, kid. The rest is conversation... Hey, Buddy, you're still gonna be president, all right? And when the time comes, you're gonna parachute out, a rich man. With the money you're gonna make, your dad's never gonna have to work another day in his life.
Bud Fox: So tell me, Gordon: when does it all
end, huh? How many yachts can you water-ski behind? How much is enough?
Gordon Gekko: It's not a question of enough, pal. It's a zero-sum game: somebody wins, somebody loses. Money itself isn't lost or made, it's simply, uh, transferred from one perception to another. Like magic.
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Businessman #1: Easy!
Businesswoman #2: Excuse me!
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