Will you go to lunch? Go to lunch. Will you go to lunch?
Blake
Alec Baldwin · 19 quotes
Ricky Roma
Al Pacino · 19 quotes
Shelley Levene
Jack Lemmon · 14 quotes
John Williamson
Kevin Spacey · 12 quotes
Most scenes together: Shelley Levene & Blake (5), Ricky Roma & Blake (4), John Williamson & Blake (4)
Glengarry Glen Ross quotes
Page 4 of 4You call yourself a salesman, you son of a bitch?
No, I think I don't want your money. I think you **** up my office. And I think you're going away.
No, I don't think so, Shel.
That's defeatist! **** it!
You are a shit-head, Williamson. Can't think on your feet, you ought to keep your mouth closed.
[to James Lingk]
: I'm going to tell you something. Your life is your own. You have a contract with your wife? You have certain things you do jointly? Bond there. And there are other things, and those things are yours, and you needn't feel ashamed. You needn't feel that you're being untrue, or that she would abandon you if she knew. This is your life.
I subscribe to the law of contrary public opinion: if everyone thinks one thing, then I say, bet the other way.
I've been on a hot streak. So what? The things I could learn from you.
All train compartments smell vaguely of shit. It gets so you don't mind it. That's the worse thing that I can confess. You know how long it took me to get there? A long time. When you die, you're gonna regret the things you don't do. You think you're ****? I'm gonna tell you something: we're all ****. You think you're a thief? So what? You get befuddled by a middle-class morality? Get shot of it. Shut it out. You cheat on your wife? You did it. Live with it. **** little girls? So be it. There's an absolute morality? Maybe. And then what? If you think there is, go ahead, be that thing. Bad people go to hell? I don't think so. You think that? Act that way. A hell exists on Earth? Yes. I won't live in it. That's me. Did you ever take a dump made you feel like you'd just slept for twelve hours?
James Lingk That I—
Ricky
Yes?
James I don't know.
Roma
Or a piss? Great meals fade in reflection. Everything else gains. You know why? 'Cause it's only food. This shit we put on us keeps us going. It's only food. The great ****s you may have had, what do you remember about them?
James What do I remember? I–
Ricky
I don't know. For me? I'm saying what it is. It's probably not the orgasm. Some broad's forearm on your neck, something her eyes did. There was this sound she made. Or it's me in the uh — I'm telling you — I'm in bed. The next day she brought me café au lait, gives me a cigarette. My balls feel like concrete. Hey, what I'm saying: what is our life? Our life is looking forward, or it's looking back. That's it. That's our life. Where's the moment? And what is it we're so afraid of?
James Loss.
Ricky
What else? The bank closes. You get sick. My wife died on a plane. The stock market collapsed. What if these things happen? None of 'em. We worry anyway. Why?
...
Ricky
Stocks, bonds, objects of art, real estate. What are they? An opportunity. To what? To make money? Perhaps. To lose money? Perhaps. To indulge and to learn about ourselves? Perhaps! So **** what? What isn't? They're an opportunity. That's all they are. They're an event. A guy comes to you. You make a call. You send in a card. "I have these properties I would like for you to see." What does this mean? What do you want it to mean? Do you see what I'm saying? Things happen to you. Glad I met you. I'm glad I met you, James. I want to show you something. It may mean something to you. It may not. I don't know. I don't know anymore. [takes out a brochure] What is that? Florida. Glengarry Highlands. Florida? Bullshit. And maybe that's true, and that's what I said. But look at this. [opens the brochure, with the words: 'Make Your Dreams Come True'] What is this? This is a piece of land.
[getting lead cards from Williamson]
Ho, ho, ho! "Patel"? "Ravadem Patel"? Wh—how'm I gonna make a living on these dead-beats? Where'd you get this from, a morgue?
Look, I'm—
Oh come on. What's the point? What's the **** point in any case? I gotta argue with you. I gotta knock heads with the cops. I'm busting my balls selling your dirt to dead-beats! Money in the mattress! I come back, you can't even keep the contracts safe. I gotta go out and cl— [throws the cards at Williamson] **** this shit! I'm gonna go out and re-close last week's stuff.
No, no, no. The word from Murray is that, leave them alone. He needs a new sit. He'll go out himself.
Murray's gonna go out?
Yeah. He'll be the president of the company, just come in from out of town. All right?
Okay, okay, okay. Give me this shit. [takes the leads again]
I'm giving you three leads.
Three? No, I count two.
There's three leads there.
"Patel"? **** you. **** Shiva handed this guy a million dollars, told him "Sign the deal!", he wouldn't sign. And the god Vishnu too, into the bargain. **** you, John! You know your business. I know mine. Your business is being an asshole. I find out whose **** cousin you are, I'm going to go to him and figure out a way to have your ass! **** you! [throws the cards at Williamson again] I'm waiting for the new leads.
You said, "You don't make something up unless it's sure to help." How did you know I made it up?
What are you talking about?
I told the customer his contract went to the bank.
Had it?
No, it hadn't.
Don't **** with me. Don't **** with me! What are you getting at?
Well, I'm saying this, Shelley: Usually I take the contracts to the bank. Last night I didn't. Last night I stayed home with my kids. How did you know that? One night in a year I left a contract on my desk. No one knew that but you. Now how did you know that? You want to talk to me, or do you want to talk to someone else? [points to the office]
Oh, for Christ's sake.
Because this is my job. This is my job on the line, and you are gonna talk to me! Now how did you know that contract was on my desk?
You are so full of shit.
You robbed the office.
Oh sure, I robbed the office! Oh, sure! You're an asshole.
What did you do with the leads? You want to go in there? I tell him what I know, he's gonna dig up something. You got an alibi last night, Shelley? You better have one. What did you do with the leads? If you tell me what you did with the leads, we can talk.
Well, I don't know what the hell you're talking about!
If you tell me where the leads are I won't turn you in. If you don't, I'm gonna tell a cop you stole them. Mitch and Murray will see that you go to jail. Believe me, they will! Now where are the leads? I'm walking in that door. You got five seconds to tell me or you are going to jail!
Ah, go on.
Yeah, I don't care! You understand? Where are the leads?
I—
All right. [walks to the office]
I sold 'em.