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Money never sleeps when its silence is disturbed ... "
Gordon Gekko

If you willingly drink the poisoned Kool Aid served to you by Big Mouth Wallstreet Banks don't be suprised if you suddenly have toxic assets on your hands ..."
Gordon Gekko

The more silent is your money  the less  pills you will need to have a good night sleep ... "
Gordon Gekko

Money loves silence. Big money: cemetery ...
Gordon Gekko

Greed is good, but even good has its limits ... "
Gordon Gekko








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Proverbs

Big money loves peace and quiet
Money loves silence

Genug des Guten
хорошего понемножку
good gradually
good things come in small packages
enough is enough



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Definition of 'Toxic Assets'


An asset that becomes illiquid when its secondary market disappears. Toxic assets cannot be sold, as they are often guaranteed to lose money. The term "toxic asset" was coined in the financial crisis of 2008/09, in regards to mortgage-backed securities, collateralized debt obligations and credit default swaps, all of which could not be sold after they exposed their holders to massive losses.

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Drinking the Kool-Aid

Drinking the Kool-Aid" is a figure of speech commonly used in the United States that refers to a person or group holding an unquestioned belief, argument, or philosophy without critical examination. It could also refer to knowingly going along with a doomed or dangerous idea because of peer pressure. The phrase typically carries a negative connotation when applied to an individual or group. The phrase derives from the November 1978 Jonestown deaths,[1][2][3] where members of the Peoples Temple, who were followers of the Reverend Jim Jones committed suicide by drinking a mixture of a powdered soft drink flavoring agent laced with cyanide.[4][5] Although the powder used in the incident included Flavor Aid, it was commonly referred to as Kool-Aid due to its status as a genericized trademark.


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Gordon Gekko

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gordon Gekko

Wall Street character
 
First appearance Wall Street
Created by Oliver Stone
Stanley Weiser
Portrayed by Michael Douglas[1]
Information
Occupation Corporate raider
Author
Spouse(s) Kate Gekko (ex-wife)
(played by Sean Young)
Children Rudy Gekko (son) (deceased)
(played by Sean Stone)
Winnie Gekko-Moore (daughter)
(played by Carey Mulligan)
Relatives Jacob Moore (son-in-law)
(played by Shia LaBeouf)
Louis Moore (grandson)
Nationality American

Gordon Gekko is a fictional character in the 1987 film Wall Street and its 2010 sequel Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,[2] both directed by Oliver Stone. Gekko was portrayed by actor Michael Douglas, whose performance in the first film won him an Oscar for Best Actor.[3]

Co-written by Stone and screenwriter Stanley Weiser, Gekko is claimed to be based loosely on several actual stockbrokers, including Stone's own father Louis Stone.[4] According to Edward R. Pressman, producer of the film, "Originally, there was no one individual who Gekko was modeled on," he adds. "But Gekko was partly Milken", who was the "Junk Bond King" of the 1980s, and indicted on 98 counts of racketeering and fraud in 1989.[5] and a healthy dose of Carl Icahn.

In 2003, the AFI named him number 24 of the top 50 movie villains of all time.[6]

In 2008, Gordon Gekko was named the fourth richest fictional character by Forbes who attributed US$8.5 billion net worth to him.[7]

Gekko has become a symbol in popular culture for unrestrained greed (with the signature line, "Greed, for lack of a better word, is good"), often in fields outside corporate finance.

On September 25, 2008, Michael Douglas, acting as a UN ambassador for peace, was at the 2008 session of the United Nations General Assembly. Reporters sought to ask him off topic questions about Gordon Gekko; "Douglas was asked whether he bore some responsibility for the behavior of the greed merchants who had brought the world to its knees thanks to his (aka Gekko's) encouragement." Trying to return to topic Douglas tried to "suggest that the same level of passion Wall Street investors showed should also apply to getting rid of nuclear weapons."[8]

The actor was also asked to compare nuclear Armageddon with the "financial Armageddon on Wall Street". After one reporter inquired, "Are you saying, Gordon, that greed is not good?" Douglas stated, "I'm not saying that. And my name is not Gordon. It's a character I played 20 years ago."[8][9]

On October 8, 2008, the character was referenced in a speech by the Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in his speech "The Children of Gordon Gekko" concerning the Financial crisis of 2007-2010. Rudd stated “It is perhaps time now to admit that we did not learn the full lessons of the greed-is-good ideology. And today we are still cleaning up the mess of the 21st-century children of Gordon Gekko.”[10]

On July 28, 2009, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone cited Gekko's Greed is good slogan in a speech to the Italian senate, saying that the free market had been replaced by a greed market, and also blamed such a mentality for the 2007-2008 financial crisis.[11]


In popular culture

In the computer game Fallout 2, an NPC named Gordon resides in the town of Gecko. Upon initial conversation by one's character, Gordon proceeds to recite a "Greed is Good" monologue.[12]
In the UK sitcom Only Fools and Horses, the main character Derek Trotter sees the film Wall Street and tries to dress like Gordon Gekko even commenting, 'I've got Gordon Gekko braces'.
In the movie Boiler Room (2000), the characters played by Nicky Katt and Vin Diesel recite by heart lines of Gordon Gekko in front of a crew of their co-workers, while Wall Street is playing on TV.
In the fourth episode of the first season of The Sarah Silverman Program, titled "Not Without My Daughter", Sarah witnesses a young girl, who later becomes her protйgй, reciting Gordon Gekko's famous "Greed is Good" speech before a panel of beauty pageant judges.
In Season 4 of Robot Chicken, Gordon the Gecko appears as Kermit the Frog's businessman cousin. The majority of his lines are direct quotes from the movie, including his "Greed is Good" speech.
In Season 4, episode 14 of Psych, Shawn Spencer gives a "Greed is Good" speech while stalling on stage at a business presentation.
In the US television series The Office, BJ Novak's character Ryan Howard dresses up as Gordon Gekko in the fifth episode of the fifth season, Employee Transfer.
In a 2010 radio advertisement, AFSCME tries to paint United States Senate candidate Pat Toomey as a Wall Street villain. In the commercial, the narrator says that it was Gordon Gekko who introduced the idea that "Greed, for lack of a better word, is good." All throughout the commercial, bullet points of Toomey's faults are listed—each one followed by the haunting words, "Greed is Good."
In 2012, US Presidential candidate Mitt Romney's career with Bain Capital was likened to Gekko's by his political rivals, with an ABC News political blogger saying "Gekko’s ghost has haunted the Romney campaign from the start."[13]
The FBI has used Michael Douglas' Gekko for an anti-insider trading campaign.[14][15][16][17][18]
Mentioned in the song "Greed" featured on Patrick Stump's debut solo album Soul Punk released October 18, 2011.
In episode 18 of Season 2 of Felicity, Sean refers to Ben as Gordon Gekko when he received an internship at a stockbroker's office.
In Season 1 Episode 5 of Suits, Trevor remarks on Mike's new businessman like appearance saying: "You look like Gordon Gecko's little brother. You working on Wall Street now?"
In Season 4 Episode 9 of Futurama, "Future Stock", the main antagonist "That Guy" is an 80s financier, woken up from cryogenic sleep. The style of the character, in terms of clothing and mannerisms, is largely modelled after Gordon Gekko.
In John Gardner's novelisation of Licence to Kill, James Bond quips that a drug baron's financial aide "Looks like a Gekko".
"Greed is Good" quotation[edit]Notwithstanding the popular cultural significance of the character (and the wide repetition of this particular quotation), Gekko never actually uttered the exact words "Greed is Good" in the original Wall Street film, although the trailers for the film featured a montage of edited scenes that resulted in the phrase being heard as such. The full text of the quotation is below:

“ Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures, the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge, has marked the upward surge of mankind and greed, you mark my words, will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the U.S.A.[19] ”

See also

Swimming with Sharks
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film)
Notes[edit]Jump up ^ "Gordon Gekko, Preaching the Gospel of Greed". NPR. Retrieved 2010-09-26. 
Jump up ^ Burrough, Bryan (February 2010). "The return of Gordon Gekko". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2010-01-16. 
Jump up ^ Osborne, Robert A. (1999). 70 years of the Oscar: the official history of the Academy Awards. Abbeville Press. p. 286. ISBN 978-0-7892-0484-4. 
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Jump up ^ "Gekko is Back", 28 August 2007 Daily Telegraph
Jump up ^ "AFI 100 years...100 heroes and villains". Retrieved 2010-01-16. 
Jump up ^ Noer, Michael (18 December 2008). "The Forbes Fictional 15". Forbes.com. Retrieved 2010-01-30. 
^ Jump up to: a b Phillip Coorey (26 September 2008). "Michael who? It's Gekko we're after". The Sydney Morning Herald. 
Jump up ^ "Douglas goes nuclear: I'm not Gordon Gekko!". Fairfax Digital. 25 September 2008. 
Jump up ^ Kevin Rudd (6 October 2008). "Edited extract of the speech: The children of Gordon Gekko". The Australian. 
Jump up ^ Krause-Jackson, Flavia (July 28, 2009). "Vatican Slams ‘Greed Is Good’ Wall Street Mantra". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 2010-08-09. 
Jump up ^ "Gordon (Gecko) at The Vault, Fallout wiki". 
Jump up ^ Rich Klein, Mitt Romney vs. Gordon Gekko ABC News 9 January 2012
Jump up ^ Protess, Ben; Ahmed, Azam (2012-02-27). "Michael Douglas Tackles Greed for F.B.I". The New York Times. 
Jump up ^ Palazzolo, Joe (2012-02-27). "Gordon Gekko Is Cooperating with the FBI". The Wall Street Journal. 
Jump up ^ "Gordon Gekko: Greed Is Bad". The Wall Street Journal. 2012-02-27. 
Jump up ^ Strasburg, Jenny; Albergotti, Reed (2012-02-28). "Insider Targets Expanding". The Wall Street Journal. 
Jump up ^ "Most Popular E-mail Newsletter". USA Today. 2012-02-27. 
Jump up ^ "Memorable Quotes for Wall Street (1987)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-08-09. 
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Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) Quotes

Gordon Gekko: Someone reminded me I once said "Greed is good". Now it seems it's legal. Because everyone is drinking the same Kool Aid.

Bud Fox: So, does Blue Horseshoe still love Anacott Steel?

Gordon Gekko: Bulls make money. Bears make money. Pigs? They get slaughtered.

Gordon Gekko: Money is a bitch that never sleeps!

Gordon Gekko: Hey, hey, stay positive, pal.

Gordon Gekko: Most people, they lose,they whine and quit.

Gordon Gekko: But you got to be there for the turns.

Gordon Gekko: Everybody's got good luck, everybody's got bad luck.

Gordon Gekko: Don't run when you lose.Don't whine when it hurts.

Gordon Gekko: It's like the first grade, Jerry.

Gordon Gekko: Nobody likes a crybaby.

Gordon Gekko: Payback. Except I'm not in that business anymore - because the one thing I learned in jail is that money is not the prime asset in life. Time is.

Gordon Gekko: The mother of all evil is speculation.

Gordon Gekko: Stop telling lies about me and I'll stop telling the truth about you.

Jacob Moore: If it weren't for people who took risks, where would we be in this world?

Gordon Gekko: Why don't you start calling me Gordon?

Winnie Gekko: He's not who you think he is Jake!

Lewis Zabel: There's so much you don't know, Jacob...

Jacob Moore: [from trailer] Is this a threat?

Gordon Gekko: Absolutely.

Gordon Gekko: They took my life - and when I got out - who's waiting for me? Nobody!

Gordon Gekko: It's about the game.

Gordon Gekko: It's easy to get in - it's hard to get out.

Gordon Gekko: Idealism kills every deal.

Bretton James: Consider the motorcycle part of your severance pay.

Jacob Moore: Fuck you!

Jacob Moore: Fuck you, Bretton!

Jacob Moore: Every thief has an excuse.

Gordon Gekko: You know what they say, "Parents are the bone on which children sharpen their teeth."

Gordon Gekko: It's not about the money. It's about the game between people.

Jacob Moore: How's your day goin'?

Lewis Zabel: I told you- good day I'm okay, bad day I'm okay. Stop bugging me on my feelings. They're irrelevant.


Gordon Gekko: I tell you,the government's worse than a wife.

Gordon Gekko: They got all the power,they got half the money.

Gordon Gekko: Now they're working on getting the other half.