Thank God Aunt Emma didn’t need too much convincing. Turned out the British weren’t too different from the Swiss; money talks and bullshit takes the bus. How do you say “rat hole” in British?
Jordan Belfort
Leonardo DiCaprio · 27 quotes
Donnie Azoff
Jonah Hill · 8 quotes
Mark Hanna
Matthew McConaughey · 7 quotes
Naomi Lapaglia
Margot Robbie · 4 quotes
Patrick Denham
Kyle Chandler · 2 quotes
Most scenes together: Donnie Azoff & Jordan Belfort (4), Jordan Belfort & Mark Hanna (3), Jordan Belfort & Naomi Lapaglia (3)
The Wolf of Wall Street quotes
Page 3 of 3The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.
The Quaalude, or Lude, as it is commonly referred to, was first synthesized in 1951 by an Indian doctor -that's dots, not feathers- as a sedative, and was prescribed to stressed-out housewives with sleep disorders. But, pretty soon, somebody figured out that if you resisted the urge to sleep for just 15 minutes, you got a pretty kick-ass high from it. Didn't take long for people to start abusing Ludes, of course, and in 1982, the U.S. Government "Schedule 1'd" them, along with the rest of the world. Which meant there was only a finite amount of these things left. No shit. You can't even buy them, anymore. You people are all shit out of luck.
Think about it. You're dealing with numbers. All day long, decimal points, high frequencies. Bang, bang, bang. **** digits. All very acidic above-the-shoulders mustard shit. All right? It kind of wigs some people out. Right. You got to feed the geese to keep the blood flowing. I keep the rhythm below the belt. Done.
This right here is the land of opportunity. This is America. This is my home! The show goes on! [quoting from Norma Rae] They're gonna need to send in the National Guard to take me out, 'cause I ain't going nowhere!
We don't start dialing at 9:30, because our clients are already answering the phone! 3...2...1...LET'S ****!
You want to know what money sounds like? Go to a trading floor on Wall Street. "****" this, "shit" that, "****", "****", "asshole"; I couldn't believe how these guys talked to each other. I was hooked in seconds. It was like main-lining adrenaline.