Gordon Gekko Greed Is Good Full Speech Text
Gordon explains that greed actually isnt such a bad thing.
Gordon gekko greed is good full speech text. You do not know it yet but you are the ninja generation. Well it appears greed is not only good it is legal. Heres gordon gekkos famous greed is good speech in its entirety.
A quote from gekkos speech. No income no job no assets. Youve got a lot to look forward to.
You can be. In the 1987 movie wall street michael douglas as gordon gekko gave an insightful speech where he said greed for lack of a better word is good he went on to make the point that greed is a clean drive that captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Now i have spent the last two months analyzing what all these guys do and i still cant figure it out.
Gekkos speech would fit in with nietzsches philosophy as it was driven by a desire to see human kind moving to higher and higher states of being. You are all pretty much screwed. In fact a longing or greed if you will for progress is what has actually made america great.
We are all drinking the same cool aid. On october 8 2008 the character was referenced by australian prime minister kevin rudd in his speech the children of gordon gekko concerning the financial crisis of 20072010. Cromwell teldar paper has 33 different vice presidents each earning over 200 thousand dollars a year.
Gordon gecko shakes his head and says. Full text and audio mp3 and video of movie wall street gordon gekko greed is good speech to teldar paper shareholders. Greed in all of its forms greed for life for money for love knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind.
Greed in all of its forms. The character of gordon gekko in the movie wall street 1987 is based at least in part on boesky especially regarding a famous speech he delivered on the positive aspects of greed at the university of california berkeley school of business commencement ceremony during may 1986 where he said in part i think greed is healthy. Trouble is that gordon never really says greed is good in fact he actually softens it by calling this spirit of advancement greed only for the lack of a better word.
We can practically hear the applause from here.