Glee is me: All Time Best Movie Business Speech

From the 1987 Wall Street directed by Oliver Stone, comes this gem of a paragraph – I took the liberty of breaking it up into three for readability.  It’s the best speech on the general economy in a movie.

Gordon Gekko:

“The richest one percent of this country owns half our country’s wealth, five trillion dollars. One third of that comes from hard work, two thirds comes from inheritance, interest on interest accumulating to widows and idiot sons and what I do, stock and real estate speculation. It’s bullshit.

You got ninety percent of the American public out there with little or no net worth. I create nothing. I own. We make the rules, pal. The news, war, peace, famine, upheaval, the price per paper clip. We pick that rabbit out of the hat while everybody sits out there wondering how the hell we did it. Now you’re not naive enough to think we’re living in a democracy, are you buddy?

It’s the free market. And you’re a part of it. You’ve got that killer instinct. Stick around pal, I’ve still got a lot to teach you.”

What do you think - does this speech have any truth to it?

Glee is me: Great Movie One Liners – Part I

From that 1987 classic movie Princess Bride:

Great to use on any kid, whatever be your age!

Grandpa: “When I was your age, television was called books.”

Grandpa and Grandson in the Princess Bride

And the next two lines just make me laugh and say “ain’t that the truth”

The Grandson: “I wasn’t nervous. Maybe I was a little bit “concerned” but that’s not the same thing.”

Miracle Max: You rush a miracle man, you get rotten miracles.

And from a non-classic 1989 Road House with Patrick Swayze as Dalton:

A really good insult:

“You’re too stupid to have a good time. “

And this line falls in the pantheon of classic action movie one liners:

“Pain don’t hurt”

The next few glee is me posts are going to be about more undiscovered move one liners.

Glee is me: All Time Best Movie One Liners

The funniest one liner from a movie that I can think of was:

“I’m not bad, I’m just drawn that way.”

So said Jessica Rabbit in the 1988, or was it 1987, hit “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?”

But the most recognizable one liner award, at least in the UK, went to

“the name is Bond…James Bond.”

Wonder what the most recognizable one liner would be over here in the States. With Gubernator Arnie, I am guessing

hasta la vista

from the (1984?) Terminator

There can be lots of one liner categories but for this time, write to me about what’s your funniest or most recognizable one liners from the movies.

Glee is Me: Casablanca in 30 seconds

They met, they loved,

Ilsa left,

Again met, again loved,

Then, Rick left

The End.

Actually it’s a beautiful movie – definitely worth watching if you can get past the fact it’s in black and white.