Friday, August 26, 2011

15 MOVIE QUOTES WITH SOLID BUSINESS ADVICE




Movies may not be real, but the people who write the scripts most certainly are. Guess what? Sometimes they hit it right on. These quotes hail from a diverse group of movies, but they all have one thing in common: great business advice. Take a moment to explore what Hollywood offers and bank on their tips!
Forbes highlights these great quotes…
1. Catch Me If You Can (2002)
“Two little mice fell into a bucket of cream. The first mouse quickly gave up and drowned, but the second mouse, he struggled so hard that he eventually churned that cream into butter and he walked out. Amen.” — Frank Abagnale Jr. after he was asked to say grace
2. Boiler Room (2000)
“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?” — Jim Young (Ben Affleck) in a tyrannical sales-training session.
3. Big Night (1996)
“I am a businessman. I am anything I need to be at any time.” — Pascal (Ian Holm), owner of a competing restaurant
4. Goodfellas (1990)
“And when the cops, when they assigned a whole army to stop Jimmy, what’d he do? He made ‘em partners.” — Henry Hill, narrating
5. Citizen Kane (1941)
“It’s no trick to make a lot of money, if what you want to do is make a lot of money.” — Berstein (Everett Sloane), Kane’s business manager
6. Rudy (1993)
“No one, and I mean no one, comes into our house and pushes us around.” — Dan Devine (Chelcie Ross) in a speech to the team before their final game of the season.
7. Scarface (1983)
“Don’t underestimate the other guy’s greed.” — Frank Lopez (Tony’s Mentor) to Tony
8. The Apartment (1960)
“Normally, it takes years to work your way up to the twenty-seventh floor. But it only takes 30 seconds to be out on the street again. You dig?” — J.D. Sheldrake (Fred MacMurray) to C.C. Baxter (Jack Lemmon) during a conversation in which Baxter attempts to set his boss straight.
9. Star Wars Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
“Do or do not, there is no try.” — Yoda
10. Miracle (2004)
“You think you can win on talent alone? Gentlemen, you don’t have enough talent to win on talent alone.” — Coach Herb Brooks (Kurt Russell) to team USA before their game against the Russians.
11. Risky Business (1983)
“In a sluggish economy, never ever f— with another man’s livelihood.” — Guido (the “killer pimp”) to Joel.
12. Working Girl (1988)
“Never burn bridges. Today’s junior prick, tomorrow’s senior partner!” — Katherine Parker (Sigourney Weaver), McGill’s boss.
13. Any Given Sunday (1999)
“No intensity, no victory.” — Christina Pagniacci (Cameron Diaz), owner of the Sharks, to D’Amato.
14. Jerry Maguire (1996)
“The key to this business is personal relationships.” – Dicky Fox (Jared Jussim) offering advice to Jerry.
15. “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.” — Gekko, rallying support at a shareholders meeting.

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