Oliver Stone
Conspiracy chronicler of JFK, Stone's polemics sparked quotable political debates.
Most quoted
"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, for knowledge, has marked the upward surge of mankind."
— from Wall Street (film), 1987
"War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives."
— from Platoon (film), 1986
"The media is the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses."
— from Natural Born Killers (film), 1994
All quotes by Oliver Stone (100)
The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
The only thing that is constant is change.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
The only way to escape the corruptible effect of praise is to go on working.
The first casualty of war is innocence.
Greed is good.
I'm a dramaticist, and the dramaticist always looks for the big moments.
The Academy is a made-up thing. In a way, it's like the Oscars. It's an award, and it's a symbol.
History is powerful stuff. It can change the world.
I think the American people have been lied to so much.
Film is a powerful medium. It can shape perceptions.
War is a racket.
The truth is out there, but you have to dig for it.
Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a million dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.
Contemporaries of Oliver Stone
Other Film & Theaters born within 50 years of Oliver Stone (1946).