Account Conquering Mugs

'We just have to win this account, Barbara and I have another litter on the way!'

Tennis fans queuing at Wimbledon.

"I know other hospitals are worried about the superbug, but ours is the only one that understands the accounts system."

A woman wearing a skin sitting behind a desk with a nameplate that reads "Sheena, Queen of the corporate jungle."

'By the time I climbed up to this job, I was too tired to do it.'

'Unaccustomed as I am to public speaking...'

'I'm feeling absolutely marvelous. I think I'll acquire another company.'

Why am I running?

'Of course, the toll on my personal life has been enormous.'

Test your patience, back in one hour.

'I'm feeling absolutely marvelous. I think I'll acquire another company.'

"I believe he was the victim of a hostile takeover."

'Going back to work now that the kids are grown is one thing, Martha. Mounting a hostile takeover bid of my company is another!'

'...and what's more, my databank has more data than your databank.'

Twenty years later, Kim turns the tables on her loathsome former English teacher.

"I advise a slow, steady stream of lawsuits to weaken your enemies resistance. We call it time release litigation."

'I sent an employee to a motivational seminar once. He came back and took my job.'

'He works in Acquisitions.'

"Somehow I thought they'd be a bit SCARIER."

'There's a no-nonsense quality about TJ that I admire.'

"No, Dad. All this belongs to me right now. I acquired it in a hostile takeover."

National corporate ladder of success monument.

Star Executive

Man in office fencing with pieces of paper flying about

'Buzz Off! I'm busy!'

"No man's going to stop me from getting to the top!"

'If the best things in life are free, we have too many of the worst things.'

'The question before us is: 'do we pounce on Acme industries and gobble them up and savage them, or do we roll over like a bunch of spineless pussycats and let Acme take us over?'

'I'm too big for 'Goodnight Moon,' Daddy. Tell the story about that business deal where you crushed the little guys.'

CEO's office in a safe.

"I came, I saw I takeovered."

"Thanks for the offer... but I'd rather see if tech support can get my computer running."

'I've had tight deadlines, if that's what you mean by performing well under pressure.'

"Seven bookings and four sendings off, and that was just in the queue for pies."

"I've finally learned not to measure my worth by how many employees I have."