Test Your Financial Movies Know-How
Test Your Financial Movies Know-How
How well do you know movies about finance and Wall Street? Test your knowledge of well-known movie lines with this cinematic quiz. Simply select which movie the given quote is from. You’re on the honor system, so no Googling. Your own memory and intuition should be good enough. If you can get five of the 10 quotes, consider yourself an expert on Wall Street cinema. Good luck.
How well do you know movies about finance and Wall Street? Test your knowledge of well-known movie lines with this cinematic quiz. Simply select which movie the given quote is from. You’re on the honor system, so no Googling. Your own memory and intuition should be good enough. If you can get five of the 10 quotes, consider yourself an expert on Wall Street cinema. Good luck.
“The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good.”
“Tell me the difference between stupid and illegal and I’ll have my wife’s brother arrested.”
“See those little black boxes? They're called telephones. I'm gonna let you in on a little secret about these telephones. They're not gonna dial themselves. OK? Without you, they're just worthless hunks of plastic. Like a loaded M16 without a trained Marine to pull the trigger.”
“There are three ways to make a living in this business: Be first, be smarter, or cheat.”
“And there is no such thing as a ‘no sale’ call. A sale is made on every call you make. Either you sell the client some stock, or he sells you a reason he can't. Either way a sale is made, the only question is who is gonna close? You or him? Now be relentless. That's it. I'm done.”
“Sounds to me like you guys are a couple of bookies.”
“Why did you hit that kid, Sherman?”
“When I was a kid, my favorite teacher was Mr. James. Mr. James said world events all revolve around five things: M - O - N - E - Y.”
“Stop telling lies about me, and I'll stop telling the truth about you.”
“You invested in a business, and this business is dead. Let's have the intelligence, let's have the decency, to sign the death certificate, collect the insurance and invest in something with a future.”