Quotes by Bernie Madoff

F-ck my victims. I carried them for twenty years, and now I'm doing 150 years.

The thing that was important to me was family, but that's all gone. That's more punishment that being incarcerated.

I basically think everybody would be better off if people weren't able to exert so much influence on politicians with money.

I am painfully aware that I have deeply hurt many, many people.

The person that is buying a share of stock is convinced he knows something that the other person who's selling it to him does not know.

Wall Street is one big turf war. By benefiting one person you are disadvantaging another person.

In today's regulatory environment, it's virtually impossible to violate rules.

The nature of any human being, certainly anyone on Wall Street, is 'the better deal you give the customer, the worse deal it is for you'.

Today, basically, on Wall Street, the big money is made by taking risks.

The whole government is a Ponzi scheme.