Money Lessons Learned from Famous Movies
1. Getting your foot in the door is half the battle–Secret of My Success
2. If you are not smart, let a smart person handle your finances–Forrest Gump
3. But, never let an untrained family member or friend handle your finances.–Rocky 5
4. Avoid prison, as the markup on goods in 20% or higher–The Shawshank Redemption
5. Betting your means of transportation ( Mellenium Falcon) in a poker game is not the brightest idea–Star Wars
6. The things you own end up owning you.–Fight Club
7. Denting cans in supermarkets can save you money–Big Daddy
8. Understanding exactly what your customers want can be very profitable–Risky Business
9. Always keep some extra cash around the house for emergencies–National Treasure
10. Pay attention to current exchange rates–EuroTrip
11. Running for office can cost you millions–Brewster’s Millions
12. When buying real estate, pay attention to zoning restictions–Old School
13. You can make money donating blood, plasma and “other fluids”–Road Trip
14. Don’t risk your livelihood in a bar fight–Bull Durham
15. Beware of generating money from questionable sources–The Firm and The Devil’s Advocate
16. Don’t underestimate the value of the treasures in your attic–The Goonies
17. Insider training can lead to disaster–Wall Street
18. Sometimes the pursuit of money is not worth it–The Perfect Storm
19. Don’t assume that your X-mas bonus will be the same as last years–National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
20. Never speculate on Frozen Orange Juice Futures–Trading Places
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Hahaha… these are hilarious…. the Big Daddy and Shawshank ones are hilarious.
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How about this one:
Look at it this way: Unless you;re the lead dog the scenery never changes.
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Hilarious article. Some of those are my favorite movies ever (Shawshank especially).
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21. Pick something your good at, and your business will lead to a fairytale life-Pretty Woman.
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So, you are a great movie watcher and learner from the movies. But your article is wonderful and presented in an interesting manner.
You are pretty witty I like your writing style
Thanks for all the feedback!!!!
@PolitiGal1–Great addition!!
My favorite quote is definitely - ‘The things you own end up owning you”. This is a great post and we all can learn a lot from movies.
How about: The power of persistence–”Rudy”.
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This is a pretty hilarious post. I think #2 is my favorite; there are a lot of (ridiculous) life lessons that can be learned from Forrest Gump.
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I know it’s new so you probably haven’t seen it, but Wall-E is a big lesson on the evils of needless consumption.
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^ Have to agree with Lisa Wall-E is an absolute must see. Needless to say also is Batman.
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Great quotes Kevin. My favorite is number 7 - Denting cans in supermarkets can save you money–Big Daddy… haha I would always do that as a kid because we were too poor to afford enough groceries. Looking back that was no excuse (and wrong for me to do) but I can’t help but to laugh thinking about it.
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These were great money quotes…the one from the Shawshank redemption definitely had me laughing the most.
As all know you become favorite or master of writing and your presentation, and a nice quote i also like “The things you own end up owning you” , but it would a little hard for some people to handover their money to others,….
Money money money - its always a headache, whether one has it or not. “The things you own end up owning you.–Fight Club” says it all.. good selection of quotes..
From above list of movie quotes,I like this the most.
“If you are not smart, let a smart person handle your finances”–Forrest Gump
Very practical, I know a lot of people who doesn’t really know to handle a business so they let some people to run it for them, or they just invest they just simply invest their money to an existing business then harvest their interest monthly.
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Tips are good but sometimes it’s not that easy to apply, because we need to consider many thing’s that the movie haven’t thought of.
If you can predict the future, you don’t need to be wasting your time reading any personal finance blog… Even movies can help you live a better, more economical lifestyle… Remember to plan for the worst, and keep your finances in order if you really want to live the dream!!
Very nice. You should do one with quotes from famous people. Andrew Carnegie and Henry Ford both have some rather interesting comments on money/wealth.
I like Shawshank Redemption. The financial guy was great at the end! His Forrest Gump role was also amazing.