“Think big, think positive, never show any sign of weakness. Always go for the throat. Buy low, sell high. Fear? That's the other guy's problem. Nothing you have ever experienced will prepare you for the absolute carnage you are about to witness.”

Dan Aykroyd - Louis Winthorpe III

“- Cosmo: Posit: people think a bank might be financially shaky.
- Bishop: Consequence: people start to withdraw their money.
- Cosmo: Result: pretty soon it is financially shaky.
- Bishop: Conclusion: you can make banks fail.
- Cosmo: Bzzt. I've already done that. Maybe you've heard about a few? Think bigger.”
Ben Kingsley - Cosmo
Robert Redford - Bishop

“What do you mean, you're gonna pass. Alan, the only people making money passing are NFL quarterbacks and I don't see a number on your back.”

Giovanni Ribisi - Seth Davis

“- Mark Hanna: The name of the game, moving the money from the client's pocket to your pocket.
- Jordan Belfort: But if you can make your clients money at the same time it's advantageous to everyone, correct?
- Mark Hanna: No.”

Matthew McConaughey - Mark Hanna
Leonardo DiCaprio - Jordan Belfort

“So if you've got a client who bought stock at 8 and now it's at 16 and he's all fucking happy, he wants to cash in and liquidate, take his fucking money and run home, you don't let him do that... 'cause that would make it real.”
Matthew McConaughey - Mark Hanna