A Shock to the System (1990)

John McMartin: George Brewster

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• Graham Marshall : [on commuter train]  You look fit today, George. Ready to do battle?

  George Brewster : It's all up for me, and I've done what I can for you! So let's just read our papers...

  Graham Marshall : I think you're jumping the gun.

  George Brewster : Oh, come on. The whole point of these takeovers is to sell off the assets, and put old farts like me out to pasture. I can hear the fat lady singing, Graham. I can hear her singing.

• George Brewster : Space invaders, Graham. The new people - all gadgets and the bottom line. Stop them early, or they'll run right over you! "We can be more efficient than such-and-such a program..." Blah blah blah, it's all bullshit, Graham, soup to nuts. It's code for mass firings and low quality. Just melt the market dry, and get out. I mean, if our system wasn't any good, why did they take us over in the first place? Christ!

• Beggar #1 : Hey buddy, gimme a buck, willya? What do you make, a million a year?

  George Brewster : [handing beggar a pittance]  City's getting to be like Calcutta.