Season

Billions Season 2

by Brian Koppelman, David Levien, Bobby "Axe" Axelrod, Damian Lewis, Chuck Rhoades and 14 others

In season two, Bobby 'Axe' Axelrod uses his considerable resources to exact revenge on U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades. Axe's move sends Chuck reeling as he finds himself under investigation, forced to scramble to hang on to his office and his family.

(20 total)

Characters

David Levien (8)Brian Koppelman (8)Bobby "Axe" Axelrod (8)Alice O'Neill (8)Damian Lewis (8)Taylor Mason (4)Chuck Rhoades (4)Paul Giamatti (4)Asia Kate Dillon (4)Brian Chamberlayne (4)

“Surrendered like a French fucking soldier!”

— Alice O'Neill, Mike "Wags" Wagner, David Costabile, imdb.com

Tagged: french, French Soldiers, Things To Say When You Defeat Someone

“Nobody leaves here until you hand me an idea that I can shock the world with in a few days time!”

— Brian Chamberlayne, Bobby "Axe" Axelrod, Damian Lewis, imdb.com

“The trap was time.”

— Brian Chamberlayne, Chuck Rhoades, Paul Giamatti, imdb.com

Tagged: Patience, Timing, strategy

“You know those poison-tip arrows that certain tribes use that go through one guy and kill another? This might be like that — golden frog poison. I tried to smoke it once. Shaman jumped across the tent to stop me.”

— Brian Koppelman, David Levien, Mike "Wags" Wagner, David Costabile, imdb.com

Tagged: When Your Drugs Are Actually Poisons

“You know what it takes to find a truffle? A hog, a dog, whatever keenly scented, carefully trained animal gets the assignment, spends a lifetime traipsing through the dark, sniffing out the slightest aroma. And only then the digging begins. And what do you think they’re digging through?Shit. That’s…”

— Adam R. Perlman, Alice O'Neill, Chuck Rhoades, Paul Giamatti, imdb.com

Tagged: Mushrooms, All Is Shit, What We Value

“Foolishness is right next door to strength.”

— Brian Koppelman, David Levien, Wendy Rhoades, Maggie Siff, imdb.com

Tagged: Foolishness, Pretending To Be Strong

“I like nightmares. When I wake up, they leave me deeply valuing my reality.”

— Willie Reale, Alice O'Neill, Taylor Mason, Asia Kate Dillon, imdb.com

Tagged: nightmares, Wisdom, Reality

“You were wrong. I’m not human. I am a machine. I’m a fucking Terminator.”

— Brian Chamberlayne, Bobby "Axe" Axelrod, Damian Lewis, imdb.com

Tagged: A God

“The best way to bond with someone isn’t doing a favor, it’s asking for one.”

— Adam R. Perlman, Alice O'Neill, Chuck Rhoades, Paul Giamatti, imdb.com

Tagged: Making Friends, favors, Quote of the Moment

“I don’t believe in the soul not in the way it’s traditionally used, nor in the more modern meaning, which connotes connectedness and being spiritually awake. What I do believe in are actions, purpose, purity of vocation, and the challenges that come along with those things, the things that make me f…”

— David Levien, Brian Koppelman, Taylor Mason, Asia Kate Dillon, imdb.com

Tagged: Soul

“The moral of the story is, you get one life, so do it all.”

— Wes Jones, Alice O'Neill, Bobby "Axe" Axelrod, Damian Lewis, imdb.com

Tagged: Life, Seize The Day

“You get one life, so do it all.”

— Wes Jones, Alice O'Neill, Bobby "Axe" Axelrod, Damian Lewis, imdb.com

Tagged: inspiration, Mortality

“I think you're trying to bully me, and a bully is devastated when you try to stand up to him.”

— Willie Reale, Taylor Mason, Asia Kate Dillon, imdb.com

Tagged: bullying, Bravery

“Corrections are in order. There’s a way to make this work, and that way is hard, but necessary. As Taleb says, 'become antifragile, or die.'”

— Brian Koppelman, David Levien, Alice O'Neill, Taylor Mason, Asia Kate Dillon, imdb.com

Tagged: Hard Work, Adversity, Anti-Fragile

“Nobody leaves a negotiation happy.”

— Alice O'Neill, Bobby "Axe" Axelrod, Damian Lewis, imdb.com

Tagged: Negotiation, Dealmaking, Contentment

“First I figured out where the sharp action was, where the guys who had a plan were, the guys who grinded. Took the guesswork out of it.”

— Brian Koppelman, David Levien, Bobby "Axe" Axelrod, Damian Lewis, imdb.com

Tagged: Action, Guesswork, strategy

“What is it you do that you're the best in the world at? You offer a service you didn't invent, a formula you didn't invent, a delivery method you didn't invent. Nothing about what you do is patentable or a unique user experience. You haven't identified an isolated market segment, haven't truly brand…”

— Brian Chamberlayne, Bobby "Axe" Axelrod, Damian Lewis, imdb.com

Tagged: Experience, Marketing, insults

“It's time for you folks to sharpen your pencils, and you better come back with one Traci Lords of an idea. And if you need that fucking defined, here it is: a barely legal, market-dominating, brilliant cocksucker of an idea.”

— Brian Koppelman, David Levien, Mike "Wags" Wagner, David Costabile, imdb.com

Tagged: Traci Lords, Ideas, Cocksucker, Brilliant

“Don't serve rabbit food to an elephant and ask if he's full.”

— Brian Koppelman, David Levien, Chuck Rhoades, Paul Giamatti, imdb.com

Tagged: The Game, Hungry for Success, Never Stop, TV Quotes

“The entire hedge fund industry is under siege. We deserve it. We've acted as if it would go on forever. Even the shitty returns, the outflow of institutional money and rise of quant-funds have lighted to way to our demise. We have wilfully refused to change.”

— Brian Koppelman, David Levien, Bobby "Axe" Axelrod, Damian Lewis, imdb.com

Tagged: hedge funds, Finance, TV Quotes