Trading Places (1983)

Randolph Duke: Mother always said you were greedy. Mortimer Duke: She meant it as a compliment.

Even Bigger Black Guy: It ain't cool being no jive turkey so close to Thanksgiving. Big Black Guy: Yeah!

Louis Winthorpe III: I had the most absurd nightmare. I was poor and no one liked me. I lost my job, I lost my house, Penelope hated me and it was all because of this terrible, awful Negro.



Billy Ray Valentine: It seems to me that the best way to hurt rich people is by making them poor.

Louis: Looking good, Billy Ray! Billy Ray: Feeling good, Louis!

Coleman: Jacuzzi, Sir? Billy Ray: Jacuzzi? See, I knew you all was faggots! Coleman: It's a whirlpool bath, Sir. I think you'll enjoy it. [starts Jacuzzi] Billy Ray: Heey! This is all right! When I was a kid, we wanted bubbles, we had to fart in the tub!

Louis: My God! The Dukes are going to corner the entire frozen orange juice market! Ophelia: Unless somebody stops them... Coleman: ...or beats them to it. Eggnog?

Billy Ray: Merry New Year! Beeks: That's "happy." In this country we say "Happy New Year." Billy Ray: Oh, ho, ho, thank you for correcting my English which stinks!

[Approaching the New York Commodities Exchange] Louis Winthorpe III: Think big, think positive, never show any sign of weakness. Buy low, sell high. Fear? That's the other guy's problem. Nothing you have ever experienced will prepare you for the unlimited carnage you are about to witness. Superbowl, World Series -- they don't know what pressure is. In this building, it's either kill or be killed. You make no friends in the pits and you take no prisoners. One moment you're up half a mil in soybeans and the next, boom, your kids don't go to college and they've repossessed your Bentley. Are you with me? Billy Ray Valentine: Yeah, we got to kill the mother-- we got to kill 'em!