Tim Blake Nelson — Danny Dalton — Syriana

"Great. How much for my other kid?"

"[to Prince Nasir Al-Subaai] But what do you need a financial advisor for? Twenty years ago you had the highest GNP in the world, now youre tied with Albania. So, good job. Your second largest export is secondhand goods, followed closely by dates for which you lose five cents a pound. You know what the business world thinks of you? They think a hundred years ago you were living in tents out here in the desert chopping each others heads off and thats exactly where youll be in another hundred years- so on behalf of my firm, yes, I accept your money."

"If anything happens to me or my family, an accident, an accusation, anything, then first your son will disappear, his body will never be found. Then your wife. Her body will never be found either. This is guaranteed. Then, whatever is the most dangerous thing you do in your life, it might be flying in a small plane, it might be walking to the bank, you will be killed. Do you understand what Im saying? I want you to acknowledge that you do understand so that were clear and there wont be any mistakes."

"[to lawyer Bennett Holiday] Some trust fund prosecutor, got off-message at Yale, thinks hes gonna run this up the flagpole, make a name for himself, maybe get elected some two-bit, congressman from nowhere, with the result that Russia or China can suddenly start having, at our expense, all the advantages we enjoy here. No, I tell you. No, sir! Corruption charges! Corruption?!! Corruption is government intrusion into market efficiencies in the form of regulations. Thats Milton Friedman. He got a goddamn Nobel Prize. We have laws against it precisely so we can get away with it. Corruption is our protection. Corruption keeps us safe and warm. Corruption is why you and I are prancing around in here instead of fighting over scraps of meat out in the streets. Corruption is why we win."

"I want you to take him from his hotel, drug him, put him in the front of a car, and run a truck into it at 50 mph."

"Beirut, its great! Its like the Paris of the Middle East."