Gekko Quotes
It's funny to read articles about Gordon Gekko as if he exists.... If you really listen to Gekko's speech, half of it makes sense.... But it's the excess, losing moderation, that destroys all.... There is nothing inherently wrong with greed as a human motivator, greed motivating evolution.... But there's a huge disconnect between the classes. It is very demoralizing to work for someone who makes a billion dollars a year while you make just barely enough to make it.
Oliver Stone
Greed is good. Taken from Ivan Boesky's speech saying ‘Greed is right.'... Gekko says he wrecks it ‘because it is wreckable.' There is an impulse in Gekko to take, to rape.... Kirk Kerkorian destroyed MGM and UA.... Buy both companies and destroy both. And that was the end of the movie business. UA and MGM were two great film companies. Suddenly they were one lousy company. Kerkorian did it for the money, like Gekko. He didn't care about film. Never. He sold it off in pieces. He cannibalized it. Just like Gekko. These guys do what suits their short-term.
Oliver Stone
