Great Business Speeches in Films

Posted by khalling 9 years, 6 months ago to Economics
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I would have also appreciated the clip of Baldwin in Glenn Gary Glen Ross. What great business speeches in films can you come up with? [edited]


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  • Posted by salta 9 years, 6 months ago
    Don't bother watching the 1995 remake of Sabrina with Harrison Ford. The 1954 version was a classic with Sabrina falling for a strong masculine character, but the later version changed the story to make Linus Larrabee a wimp. He "wins over" Sabrina by becoming a pathetic character.
    EDIT - the story change illustrates how hollywood "progressed" over those 4 decades
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  • Posted by freedomforall 9 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    They are more objective information for voters than most of the smokescreen voters usually are subjected to.
    Its another indicator of just how honest Trump is in his public statements. He claims he has a high IQ but hasn't offered any details... like all Trump's proposals, lot of bluster and not much rational thought. Undoubtedly Trump took standardized tests but with his vanity and ego he would never admit he didn't score well.
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  • Posted by 9 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I hate IQ tests. I do not perform well on them-like any standardized test. I guess I am not that smart :)
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  • Posted by freedomforall 9 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I'd love to require all the candidates for president take an IQ test before being allowed to speak in any debate.
    I wonder which is higher, Trump's temperature or his IQ.
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  • Posted by freedomforall 9 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Don't know about Melanie's head but the body? Yes, and Don Johnson agreed.
    Her mother had that magic, too. (See The Birds and Marnie.)
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  • Posted by Herb7734 9 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I guess it was more "heralded" than I thought. Well, it deserved it. Another great line went something like, "I've got a head for business and a body for sin."
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  • Posted by CTYankee 9 years, 6 months ago
    "Today is Monday, and everybody works on Monday." -- Dave

    "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore!" -- Network

    "... And these are pork-bellies, which is used to make bacon. Like you might find in a bacon lettuce and tomato sandwich." -- Trading Places
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  • Posted by Herb7734 9 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Reminds me of my son's motto which he hanging over the door to his office: "No Problems, Only Solutions."
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  • Posted by Herb7734 9 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I love this unheralded movie. And also, the Harrison Ford character turns out to be a man of high integrity. I also like the scene where his boss questions whether he really loves this girl or is it just his 'johnson' speaking."
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  • Posted by Herb7734 9 years, 6 months ago
    I can't think of any scenes to add to the discussion, but WOW - what fun it was to view the ones suggested.
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  • Posted by $ Olduglycarl 9 years, 6 months ago
    I don't have any "Films" in my cache but I was privileged to be a part of one at a company I worked for from start up. The main cog of which was moving on and I in his place and everyone else a move up to fill the slots.
    I don't remember the entire thing only his closing remarks of which I'll never forget and often share.

    "Your people are only as good as you allow them to be"
    And that indeed was our recipe of success.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years, 6 months ago
    "Aren't Waitresses wonderful. You ask them for things and they bring them to you."

    Hard to pick but many of them are in one film. OPM.

    I remember the short pithy lines far better than any long speeches bbut i'm sure some one will spark my memory circuits
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  • Posted by freedomforall 9 years, 6 months ago
    "Good customers are as rare as latinum. Treasure them."
    - - Quark, 57th rule of acquisition
    "Free advice is seldom cheap"
    - - Quark, 59th rule of acquisition
    and one for the all statists
    "Every once in a while, declare peace. It confuses the hell out of your enemies."
    - - Quark, 76th rule of acquisition
    and several for all voters:
    "Hear all, trust nothing."
    - - 190th rule of acquisition
    "Sometimes the only thing more dagerous than a problem is the answer."
    - - 208th rule of acquisition
    And a corollary about politicians and looters
    "You can't free a fish from water."
    - - Quark, 217th rule of acquisition
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  • Posted by freedomforall 9 years, 6 months ago
    No speeches, but a couple of pithy lines from Working Girl's protagonist, Tess:

    “I’m not going to spend the rest of my life working my ass off and getting nowhere just because I followed rules that I had nothing to do with setting up.”

    “I read a lot of things. You never know where the big ideas could come from.”
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