Connected Quotes

“Some people did business with me because they wanted to get close to me, others did business with me because they were afraid to say no.”
― Larry Formato, Connected

“Mr. Formato. Well, they get involved through the promoters and through the owners of the brokerage firms or through the managers of the brokerage firms or through the traders that are trading these stocks. Some way or another, one form or another, organized crime has their hand on the shoulder of someone inside every over-the-counter brokerage firm that is making any kind of money in the industry.”
― Larry Formato, Connected

“I was deeply rooted in the music business at this point. Everyone wanted to get close to me. The biggest people in the music business had become my partners, like Freddy Heinz, the former President of Polydor, and Kuhn Suenfeld, the Chairman of the Board of PolyGram. Red was right. I had money, but with him, I would have power. The Indian let me know how powerful we could be in music, and we were connected to the business. So just when I felt I could get away from the Indian with my news that I was quitting stocks, the Indian let me know we are still attached to each other.”
― Larry Formato, Connected

“Lincoln Dastrup was out of business, and I had to explain to Joe the Indian what had happened. I knew Reifler was going to be killed over this; I just didn’t know when. I also knew there would be an SEC investigation, and I knew that it would be soon. George the Greek was going to have a heart attack and scream that he was fucked, but as far as I was concerned, we had a good ride. The world of World Wide Ventures stopped spinning.”
― Larry Formato, Connected

“I’m not one to do anything in a small way, so our male revue hosted forty top male dancers. I lost all my respect for women after seeing how they reacted to these guys dancing and teasing them. The married women were the worst. We had a great time with this, and women would actually tackle my waiters and try to rip their clothes off. We would do crazy things like have a banana-eating contest, judged on how well they ate it instead of how fast. Words just can’t describe some of these women and their talents.”
― Larry Formato, Connected

“Michael was trying to make a comeback in the stock game. Some guys that weren’t happy with his last stock deal threw him out a twelve-story window. The only thing that saved his life was that the building he was in was right next to another building. He was so fat he actually got wedged between the two buildings. He broke his pelvis, hips, and legs. He was in a full-body cast for some time and was only now starting to get mobile.”
― Larry Formato, Connected

“Later that week, I met with my friend, Red. I told him all about the meeting in New York and that I was thinking about trying to do the Interferon Pharmaceutical deal. Red was still very upset over Royer Securities. He assured me he had people looking for Wellington.”
― Larry Formato, Connected

“Tobin was a tough guy and we became good friends. I was reading a book about a guy named Mack Bolin who was after the Mob for killing his wife.”
― Larry Formato, Connected