business is war then I got your
attention now welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top 10 business movie speeches
the trouble is you don’t realize you’re
talking to two people number 10
Citizen Kane I sympathize with you
Charles Foster Kane is a scoundrel as
Charles Foster Kane Orson Welles
undergoes a striking change from a hero
of the working man to a mogul pursuing
power ruthlessly people will think what
I tell them to think knowing what we do
about that transformation his most
important monologue comes near the
beginning of the film on the other hand
I am the publisher of The Enquirer as
such it’s my duty and I’ll let you in on
a little secret it’s also my pleasure to
see to it the decent hard-working people
in this community aren’t robbed blind by
a pack of money mad pirates he explains
his split interests are the reason he’s
the only man who can fight for the
little guy his closing lines shut his
opponent down completely you’re right
mr. Thatcher I did lose a million
dollars last year I expect to lose a
million dollars this year I expect to
lose a million dollars next year you
know mr. Thatcher at the rate of a
million dollars a year I’ll have to
close this place in 60 years number 9
layer cake are you enjoying this it’s a
film that showcases the roller-coaster
ride that is the drug business and the
speech in question is a passing of the
torch between the old and new guard this
monkey business is in your blood under
your skin you know Kate now you’re just
getting in when you’re getting started
I’ve every faith in you outlining what
he calls the facts of life
Eddie temple points out how while you
start at the bottom you will slowly but
surely move to the top you boom you take
shit get out in the world
you take more shit climate little higher
take less shit – one day rub in the
rarefied atmosphere and you’ve forgotten
what shit even looks like not only is
this an effective speech it also
explains the title of the film welcome
to the lair caption number 8 American
gangster most important thing in
business is honesty Frank Lucas is
quickly proving his worth as a Harlem
based drug kingpin keeping his
extravagances to a minimum – stay off
the cops radar integrity hard work
family never forgetting where we came
from I can show along the way he’s
learned valuable lessons about business
and he imparts that advice to his
colleagues while sitting down for a
quick bite in a diner he is somebody
nobody do anything then he goes and caps
a guy in broad daylight you all shoot me
in front everybody huh guess he’s
somebody number seven up in the air how
much does your life way for career fire
career loner and motivational speaker
Ryan Bingham life is a backpack
a motif which also serves as the theme
of binghams lectures I want you to stuff
it all into that backpack now try to
walk this is what we do to ourselves on
a daily basis we weigh ourselves down
until we can’t even move and make no
mistake moving is living explaining it
so anyone can relate Bingham reveals how
freeing it is to rid yourself of worldly
belongings now I’m gonna set that
backpack on fire what do you want to
take out of it photos photos are for
people who can’t remember drink some
ginkgo let the photos burn in fact let
everything burn and imagine waking up
tomorrow with nothing
it’s kind of exhilarating isn’t it later
the speech expands and Bingham expounds
the benefits of eliminating not only
possessions but also people from your
life
make no mistake your relationships are
the heaviest components in your life if
you have the straps cutting into your
shoulders you need to carry all that
weight don’t you set that bag down
cynical yes but it’s a good speech
nonetheless star-crossed lovers
monogamous swans we are not those
animals the slower we move the faster we
die we are not swans
we’re sharks number six the pursuit of
happiness you want to go slay some
basketball okay Chris Gardner was going
through the toughest times of his life
struggling to stay afloat and trying to
become a stockbroker
despite his meager existence if a guy
walked in for an interview without a
shirt and I hired him what would you say
he must have had on some really nice
pants when his son reveals his dream of
becoming a pro basketball player Gardner
tells him that’s an unlikely goal not
worth pursuing
I was below average no sir whoa so
you’ll probably ultimately rank
somewhere around there you know so
really you’ll excel at a lot of things
just not this I don’t want you out here
shooting this ball around all day and
night however upon further thought he
decides no one can tell anyone what
ambitions to follow and that hard work
always pays off don’t ever let somebody
tell you
you can’t do something
not even me
all right
people can’t do something themselves
they want to tell you you can’t do it
you want something go get it period
number five catch me if you can two
little mice fell in a bucket of cream
his son ended up one of the United
States youngest and most prolific con
artists but that doesn’t mean he can’t
spin a mean yarn about the importance of
hard work my son bought me a Cadillac
today I think that calls for a toast
Frank Abagnale senior portrayed by the
peerless Christopher Walken is honored
by his Rotary Club so he uses the
opportunity to tell a short allegory
about the rewards of not giving up the
first Mouse quickly gave up and drowned
the second Mouse wouldn’t quit he
struggled so hard that eventually he
turned that cream into butter and
crawled out gentlemen as of this moment
I am that second Mouse looks like jr.
took those words to heart number four
there will be blood I am a false prophet
God is a superstition the SoCal oil boom
is the setting of this film and of
several notable Daniel day-lewis
speeches oh you have a great chance here
the bear in mind you can lose it all if
you’re not careful but the most
unforgettable is when his character
successful oil tycoon Daniel Plainview
explains to his longtime nemesis that
he’d outsmarted him by sucking a
disputed oil well dry without his
knowledge do you understand Eli that’s
more to the point do you understand
I drink your water I drink it up every
day I drink the blood of lamb from
Banda’s cracked
using a simple and almost
inappropriately cheerful metaphor
Plainview condescends to and humiliates
his foe for one final time if you have a
milkshake and I have a milkshake and I
have a straw there it is as as drawers
what in my straw reaches across through
and starts to drink your milkshake I
drink your milkshake
number three boiler room there is no
question as to whether or not you’ll
become a millionaire working here the
only question is how many times over if
it seems too good to be true it probably
is
that’s the lesson Seth Davis learns
after embarking on a career with a shady
brokerage firm I am a millionaire it’s
worth in here right tell you it’s a
weird thing to say I am a king million
as one of the company’s founders Ben
Affleck’s Jim Young inspires his
recruits with the promise of wealth
happiness and did we mention wealth they
say money can’t buy happiness look it up
can smile on my face here – here baby
but it’s not all sports cars big houses
and women young makes clear that every
call is hard work and there is no such
thing as a no sale call a sale is made
on every call you make either you sell
the clients in stock or he sells you on
a reason he can’t either way a sale is
made the only question is who’s going to
close you are him a be relentless that’s
it I’ve done number two Wall Street
greed for lack of a better word is good
this film details 80s excess both on and
off Wall Street and its most famous
speech summarizes that message America
has become a second-rate power its trade
deficit and its physical deficit are at
nightmare apportions spoken by Gordon
Gekko to inspire a group of shareholders
this monologue gets a bad rap
even though as Gekko claims its greed
that built the United States the
Carnegie’s the Mellon
this great industrial empire made sure
of it because it was their money it’s
safe today
management has no stake of the company
dream big and grab every opportunity
that comes your way he says and that’s
something that applies to everyone not
only power brokers and greed you mark my
words
well not only save Teldar paper but that
other malfunctioning corporation called
the USA before we unveil our number one
pick here are a few honorable mentions
who’s coming with me who’s coming with
me who’s coming with me you have part of
my attention you have the minimal amount
the rest of my attention is back at the
offices of Facebook where my colleagues
and I are doing things that no one in
this room including and especially your
clients are intellectually or creatively
capable of doing think big think
positive never show any sign of weakness
always go for the throat room buy low
sell high fear that’s the other guy’s
problem number one Glengarry Glen Ross
put that coffee down hired to motivate
some lackluster salesman Alec Baldwin
grabs attention immediately and proceeds
with one of Hollywood’s most epic
speeches cuz we’re adding a little
something to this month’s sales contest
as you all know first prize is a
Cadillac Eldorado anybody want to see
second prize second prize a set of steak
knives third prize is you fired at seven
minutes it’s the longest monologue on
our list it’s also the most intimidating
profane and badass what’s your name you
that’s my name you know why mister cuz
you drove a Hyundai to get here tonight
I drove an $80,000 BMW that’s my name as
baldwin’s blake delivers the ABCs of
sales and tells his prey to go big or go
home
a
they always BBC closing always be
closing always be closing
with help from some perfectly timed
props he inspires these deadbeats to
close or to quit I wish you good luck
but you wouldn’t know what to do with it
have you got it do you agree with our
list which business movie speech makes
you want to make all the money my offer
is this nothing for more greedy top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com free
attention now welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top 10 business movie speeches
the trouble is you don’t realize you’re
talking to two people number 10
Citizen Kane I sympathize with you
Charles Foster Kane is a scoundrel as
Charles Foster Kane Orson Welles
undergoes a striking change from a hero
of the working man to a mogul pursuing
power ruthlessly people will think what
I tell them to think knowing what we do
about that transformation his most
important monologue comes near the
beginning of the film on the other hand
I am the publisher of The Enquirer as
such it’s my duty and I’ll let you in on
a little secret it’s also my pleasure to
see to it the decent hard-working people
in this community aren’t robbed blind by
a pack of money mad pirates he explains
his split interests are the reason he’s
the only man who can fight for the
little guy his closing lines shut his
opponent down completely you’re right
mr. Thatcher I did lose a million
dollars last year I expect to lose a
million dollars this year I expect to
lose a million dollars next year you
know mr. Thatcher at the rate of a
million dollars a year I’ll have to
close this place in 60 years number 9
layer cake are you enjoying this it’s a
film that showcases the roller-coaster
ride that is the drug business and the
speech in question is a passing of the
torch between the old and new guard this
monkey business is in your blood under
your skin you know Kate now you’re just
getting in when you’re getting started
I’ve every faith in you outlining what
he calls the facts of life
Eddie temple points out how while you
start at the bottom you will slowly but
surely move to the top you boom you take
shit get out in the world
you take more shit climate little higher
take less shit – one day rub in the
rarefied atmosphere and you’ve forgotten
what shit even looks like not only is
this an effective speech it also
explains the title of the film welcome
to the lair caption number 8 American
gangster most important thing in
business is honesty Frank Lucas is
quickly proving his worth as a Harlem
based drug kingpin keeping his
extravagances to a minimum – stay off
the cops radar integrity hard work
family never forgetting where we came
from I can show along the way he’s
learned valuable lessons about business
and he imparts that advice to his
colleagues while sitting down for a
quick bite in a diner he is somebody
nobody do anything then he goes and caps
a guy in broad daylight you all shoot me
in front everybody huh guess he’s
somebody number seven up in the air how
much does your life way for career fire
career loner and motivational speaker
Ryan Bingham life is a backpack
a motif which also serves as the theme
of binghams lectures I want you to stuff
it all into that backpack now try to
walk this is what we do to ourselves on
a daily basis we weigh ourselves down
until we can’t even move and make no
mistake moving is living explaining it
so anyone can relate Bingham reveals how
freeing it is to rid yourself of worldly
belongings now I’m gonna set that
backpack on fire what do you want to
take out of it photos photos are for
people who can’t remember drink some
ginkgo let the photos burn in fact let
everything burn and imagine waking up
tomorrow with nothing
it’s kind of exhilarating isn’t it later
the speech expands and Bingham expounds
the benefits of eliminating not only
possessions but also people from your
life
make no mistake your relationships are
the heaviest components in your life if
you have the straps cutting into your
shoulders you need to carry all that
weight don’t you set that bag down
cynical yes but it’s a good speech
nonetheless star-crossed lovers
monogamous swans we are not those
animals the slower we move the faster we
die we are not swans
we’re sharks number six the pursuit of
happiness you want to go slay some
basketball okay Chris Gardner was going
through the toughest times of his life
struggling to stay afloat and trying to
become a stockbroker
despite his meager existence if a guy
walked in for an interview without a
shirt and I hired him what would you say
he must have had on some really nice
pants when his son reveals his dream of
becoming a pro basketball player Gardner
tells him that’s an unlikely goal not
worth pursuing
I was below average no sir whoa so
you’ll probably ultimately rank
somewhere around there you know so
really you’ll excel at a lot of things
just not this I don’t want you out here
shooting this ball around all day and
night however upon further thought he
decides no one can tell anyone what
ambitions to follow and that hard work
always pays off don’t ever let somebody
tell you
you can’t do something
not even me
all right
people can’t do something themselves
they want to tell you you can’t do it
you want something go get it period
number five catch me if you can two
little mice fell in a bucket of cream
his son ended up one of the United
States youngest and most prolific con
artists but that doesn’t mean he can’t
spin a mean yarn about the importance of
hard work my son bought me a Cadillac
today I think that calls for a toast
Frank Abagnale senior portrayed by the
peerless Christopher Walken is honored
by his Rotary Club so he uses the
opportunity to tell a short allegory
about the rewards of not giving up the
first Mouse quickly gave up and drowned
the second Mouse wouldn’t quit he
struggled so hard that eventually he
turned that cream into butter and
crawled out gentlemen as of this moment
I am that second Mouse looks like jr.
took those words to heart number four
there will be blood I am a false prophet
God is a superstition the SoCal oil boom
is the setting of this film and of
several notable Daniel day-lewis
speeches oh you have a great chance here
the bear in mind you can lose it all if
you’re not careful but the most
unforgettable is when his character
successful oil tycoon Daniel Plainview
explains to his longtime nemesis that
he’d outsmarted him by sucking a
disputed oil well dry without his
knowledge do you understand Eli that’s
more to the point do you understand
I drink your water I drink it up every
day I drink the blood of lamb from
Banda’s cracked
using a simple and almost
inappropriately cheerful metaphor
Plainview condescends to and humiliates
his foe for one final time if you have a
milkshake and I have a milkshake and I
have a straw there it is as as drawers
what in my straw reaches across through
and starts to drink your milkshake I
drink your milkshake
number three boiler room there is no
question as to whether or not you’ll
become a millionaire working here the
only question is how many times over if
it seems too good to be true it probably
is
that’s the lesson Seth Davis learns
after embarking on a career with a shady
brokerage firm I am a millionaire it’s
worth in here right tell you it’s a
weird thing to say I am a king million
as one of the company’s founders Ben
Affleck’s Jim Young inspires his
recruits with the promise of wealth
happiness and did we mention wealth they
say money can’t buy happiness look it up
can smile on my face here – here baby
but it’s not all sports cars big houses
and women young makes clear that every
call is hard work and there is no such
thing as a no sale call a sale is made
on every call you make either you sell
the clients in stock or he sells you on
a reason he can’t either way a sale is
made the only question is who’s going to
close you are him a be relentless that’s
it I’ve done number two Wall Street
greed for lack of a better word is good
this film details 80s excess both on and
off Wall Street and its most famous
speech summarizes that message America
has become a second-rate power its trade
deficit and its physical deficit are at
nightmare apportions spoken by Gordon
Gekko to inspire a group of shareholders
this monologue gets a bad rap
even though as Gekko claims its greed
that built the United States the
Carnegie’s the Mellon
this great industrial empire made sure
of it because it was their money it’s
safe today
management has no stake of the company
dream big and grab every opportunity
that comes your way he says and that’s
something that applies to everyone not
only power brokers and greed you mark my
words
well not only save Teldar paper but that
other malfunctioning corporation called
the USA before we unveil our number one
pick here are a few honorable mentions
who’s coming with me who’s coming with
me who’s coming with me you have part of
my attention you have the minimal amount
the rest of my attention is back at the
offices of Facebook where my colleagues
and I are doing things that no one in
this room including and especially your
clients are intellectually or creatively
capable of doing think big think
positive never show any sign of weakness
always go for the throat room buy low
sell high fear that’s the other guy’s
problem number one Glengarry Glen Ross
put that coffee down hired to motivate
some lackluster salesman Alec Baldwin
grabs attention immediately and proceeds
with one of Hollywood’s most epic
speeches cuz we’re adding a little
something to this month’s sales contest
as you all know first prize is a
Cadillac Eldorado anybody want to see
second prize second prize a set of steak
knives third prize is you fired at seven
minutes it’s the longest monologue on
our list it’s also the most intimidating
profane and badass what’s your name you
that’s my name you know why mister cuz
you drove a Hyundai to get here tonight
I drove an $80,000 BMW that’s my name as
baldwin’s blake delivers the ABCs of
sales and tells his prey to go big or go
home
a
they always BBC closing always be
closing always be closing
with help from some perfectly timed
props he inspires these deadbeats to
close or to quit I wish you good luck
but you wouldn’t know what to do with it
have you got it do you agree with our
list which business movie speech makes
you want to make all the money my offer
is this nothing for more greedy top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com free
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