"Quotes"

Estefania 2022-03-24 09:01:45

"Look at these people. Wandering around with absolutely no idea what's about to happen."

"There are three ways to make a living in this business. Be first, be smarter or cheat."

"You know, the feeling that people experience when they stand on the edge like this isn't the fear of falling, it's the fear that they might jump."

"There have always been and there always will be the same percentage of winners and losers, happy fuckers and sad suckers, fat cats and starving dogs in this world. Yeah, there may be more of us today than there's ever been. But the percentages—they stay exactly the same.”

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  • Chaim 2022-03-26 09:01:05

    The last two movies I watched were about the financial crisis. This script is really powerful, and the scene is very simple, mainly relying on actors and lines. Although I have no financial background knowledge, I still see clues from it.

  • Hans 2022-03-27 09:01:05

    More real, more star-studded, more compact than Wall Street

Margin Call quotes

  • Seth Bregman: Who is that guy?

    Will Emerson: Sam's boss.

    Seth Bregman: He looks like he's fifteen years old.

    Will Emerson: He's forty.

    Seth Bregman: Yeah, how does that happen?

    Will Emerson: Oh, it happens all the time. Except to me.

  • Sarah Robertson: We were wrong.

    Jared Cohen: You mean *you* were wrong.

    Sam Rogers: I'm heading for the conference room.

    Jared Cohen: I want you to hear this.

    Sam Rogers: I don't want to hear this. How do you think I've stuck around this place so long?