The point is, ladies and gentlemen, that: Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right; greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms, greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge — has marked the upward surge of mankind ..Gordon Gekko, from Oliver Stone's gritty portrayal of Wall Street and the world of the 1980s corporate raiders in in, Wall Street.