33 Quotes by Preet Bharara

Significant officials at publicly traded companies are casually and cavalierly engaged in insider trading. Because insider trading has as one of its elements communication, it doesn't take rocket science to realize it's nice to have the communication on tape.

Unfortunately, from what I can see from my vantage point as the U.S. Attorney here, illegal insider trading is rampant and may even be on the rise.

I don't eat green things, no vegetables.

I'm a big fan of meat.

I just want to apologize in advance that I don’t have enough subpoenas for all of you.

I wanted to be a prosecutor - a criminal lawyer - because there's nowhere where the stakes are higher, where you can wake up every day and believe in what you're doing.

I wanted to be a prosecutor – a criminal lawyer – because there’s nowhere where the stakes are higher, where you can wake up every day and believe in what you’re doing.

I don’t like coffee but I need caffeine.

Insider trading tells everybody at precisely the wrong time that everything is rigged, and only people who have a billion dollars and have access to and are best friends with people who are on boards of directors of major companies – they’re the only ones who can make a true buck.