Eisman's Quotes

#1. In Eisman's view, the unwillingness of the U.S. government to allow the bankers to fail was less a solution than a symptom of a still deeply dysfunctional financial system.

Michael Lewis

#2. Danny and Vinny both thought the problem in this case was Eisman's affinity for Bear Stearns. The most hated firm on Wall Street, famous mainly for its total indifference to the good opinion of its competitors, Eisman identified with the place!

Michael Lewis

#3. Images of the world are Renormalization Group fixed points.

David Mumford

#4. The concept of a weary severed hand, exhausted from relentless creeping, made no sense.

Dean Koontz

#5. Unpleasant odor wafting from the subprime mortgage industry that Eisman had detected. These companies disclosed their ever-growing earnings, but not much else. One of the many items they failed to disclose was the delinquency rate of the home loans they were making.

Michael Lewis

#6. The only one among them who wrestled a bit with their role - as the guys who had made a fortune betting against their own society - was Vincent Daniel. "Vinny, being from Queens, needs to see the dark side of everything," said Eisman. To

Michael Lewis

#7. From the point of view of the history of the universe, Max's death was not a big deal," said Eisman. "It was just my big deal." At

Michael Lewis

#8. Aldinger, collected his $100 million, Eisman was on his way to becoming the financial market's first socialist. "When you're a conservative Republican, you never think people are making money by ripping other people off," he said. His mind was now fully

Michael Lewis

#9. That Wall Street has gone down because of this is justice ... They built a castle to rip people off. Not once in all these years have I come across a person inside a big Wall Street firm who was having a crisis of conscience.

Steve Eisman

#10. Doo-wop is special music to me because it's so straightforward and melody-driven and captures emotions.

Bruno Mars

#11. It's hard to get people up and out to shows, but 'The Walworth Farce' has masses of energy and will attract a crowd who don't always come to the theatre, which is great.

Domhnall Gleeson

#12. When you're a conservative Republican, you never think people are making money by ripping other people off," he said. His mind was now fully open to the possibility. "I now realized there was an entire industry, called consumer finance, that basically existed to rip people off.

Michael Lewis

#13. Ah yes! I'm feeling a powerful energy through my bullshit chokra. - Jonathan "Jack" McVoy

E.J. Eisman

#14. Eisman took the cart to the clubhouse and bought a hoodie. The hoodie covered up his t-shirt and made him look a lot like a guy who had just bought a hoodie to cover up his t-shirt.

Michael Lewis

#15. Golfing with Eisman wasn't like golfing with other Wall Street people. The round usually began with a collective discomfort on the first tee, after Eisman turned up wearing something that violated the Wall Street golfer's notion of propriety.

Michael Lewis

#16. Some people go through life adding years to their life ... others go through life adding life to their years.

Linda Wong

#17. If my liver cared enough, it would have told me to stop. - Jonathan "Jack" McVoy

E.J. Eisman

#18. It's so much harder to recreate something than it is to shoot at the actual place. It's not without its problems. You've got a lot of bystanders and security issues, but it's always a lot easier and a lot more fun to shoot at the actual location.

Jon Turteltaub

#19. Eisman was quick to see narratives, he explained the world in stories, and this was one of the stories he used to explain himself. The

Michael Lewis

#20. The for-profit education industry has proven equal to the task.

Steve Eisman

#21. Who takes out a home loan and doesn't make the first payment?" asked Danny Moses, putting the matter one way. "Who the fuck lends money to people who can't make the first payment?" asked Eisman, putting it another. When

Michael Lewis

#22. Love means never to have to say, "That hooker meant nothing to me" - Jonathan "Jack" McVoy

E.J. Eisman

#23. Monday; a cross between Wednesday this week and Thursday next week." - Jonathan "Jack" McVoy

E.J. Eisman

#24. Which Wall Street big shots Eisman had insulted was a matter of which Wall Street big shots' presence Eisman was allowed into.

Michael Lewis

#25. For now, bread and mead call us, appetites whetted, to witness what I have been nursing, encased in iron, licked by flame, and tended with relish.

Kevin Hearne

#26. I'm thinking there should be a dating site called "Tap That" - Jonathan "Jack" McVoy

E.J. Eisman

#27. To walk down the aisle and see all my friends and family and to see my handsome man standin' there, and to know that at 61 you can still find love and have a magical day like that ... it was really beautiful,

Tina Knowles

#28. Eisman was now explaining why the world was going to blow up, but his partners were only half-listening ... because the financial world was blowing up.

Michael Lewis

#29. Once in awhile you come across a company that is completely and utterly mis-priced,

Steve Eisman

#30. There was of course no point in trying to monitor Eisman. He saw himself as a crusader, a champion of the underdog, an enemy of sinister authority. He saw himself, roughly speaking, as Spider-Man.

Michael Lewis

#31. He was pressured to be a bit more upbeat, but upbeat did not come naturally to Steve Eisman. He could fake upbeat, and sometimes did, but he was happier not bothering.

Michael Lewis