Bernard Madoff famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Today, basically, on Wall Street, the big money is made by taking risks.
-- Bernard Madoff

#Wall #Risk #Today
In today's regulatory environment, it's virtually impossible to violate rules.
-- Bernard Madoff

#Lying #Today #Impossible
In today's regulatory environment, it's virtually impossible to violate rules ... but it's impossible for a violation to go undetected, certainly not for a considerable period of time.
-- Bernard Madoff

#Today #Impossible #Environment
The nature of any human being, certainly anyone on Wall Street, is 'the better deal you give the customer, the worse deal it is for you'.
-- Bernard Madoff

#Wall #Giving #Greed
You had a lot of novice investors who got into the market looking for easy money, without any regard to the fundamentals. These stocks were running on fumes.
-- Bernard Madoff

#Running #Money #Greed
The person that is buying a share of stock is convinced he knows something that the other person who's selling it to him does not know. There's no zero sum game in Wall Street.
-- Bernard Madoff

#Zero #Wall #Games
All one great big lie.
-- Bernard Madoff

#Lying #Scandal #Corruption
It's a proprietary strategy. I can't go into it in great detail.
-- Bernard Madoff

#Details #Scandal #Corruption
The whole government is a Ponzi scheme.
-- Bernard Madoff

#Government #Ponzi Scheme #Schemes
Wall Street is one big turf war. By benefiting one person you are disadvantaging another person.
-- Bernard Madoff

#Wall #War #Bigs

You may also like:

Andrew Fastow
Businessman
Bernard Ebbers
Businessman
Charles Ponzi
Businessman
Dick Cheney
Former Vice President of the United States
Elie Wiesel
Professor
Frank Abagnale
Consultant
George W. Bush
43rd U.S. President
Harry Markopolos
Accountant
January Jones
Actress
Jeff Bridges
Actor
Kenneth Lay
Businessman
Kevin Bacon
Actor
Kevin Spacey
Actor
Kyra Sedgwick
Actress
Martha Stewart
Writer
Mary-Louise Parker
Actress
Michael Milken
Financier
Richard Dreyfuss
Actor
Robert De Niro
Actor
Jerome Kerviel
Trader