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Greed Quotes in The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #10

"I have a job to do. Make money for my clients. Period. But boy it gets morbid when you start making investments that work out extra great if a tragedy occurs." (8.2)

To give you a break from all of that greed, we'll change things up by looking at the good guys in our story. They still operate in the financial world, so they're still looking to make money at the end of the day, but they are always aware of the potential consequences of their actions. That's a big distinction.