Money opens all doors.
I told you once before that there were two times for making big money, one in the upbuilding of a country and the other in its destruction. Slow money on the upbuilding, fast money in the crack-up.
— And there's $500 extra in my account.
— Satan's minions at work again!
Oh, listen, you know the 50,000 I promised you? Couldn't get it. So I brought you 75 instead.
Ed has been playing cards since he could lift 'em up. And he soon discovered that he had a big advantage. It's not that he's good with cards, or even good at counting them. It's that he's good with reading people's reactions no matter how subtle. And everybody has reactions. Especially when it comes to money.
— How much do you want for these muskets?
— Seven hundred each.
— What's that, a pound for every year they have been around? I know they're antiques, but I ain't paying antique prices. Pause.