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'I don't really have a personal best. I'm just sort of OK all the time.'

"Yeah, but that one's a little bit hard to reach."

Dressed for Success!

Where the Appalachian Trail Crosses the Path of Least Resistance

"Be careful what you wish for, Bob, because you just might get it. And if it happens to be what I was wishing for, things could get pretty ugly around here."

"This could be the year someone actually goes up there."

And here's the office floor plan. The numbers indicate the recommended sequence in which to step on people on your way to the top.

The Salesman

'That's the first cubicle I ever worked in.'

Not thinking BIG enough: Nickel & Dime Bank.

"How can you have a meteoric rise to the top in a one-story building?"

'It could have been worse...she might have chosen banking.'

If a moo can rise to the top, so can I.

"I've finally arrived. The C.E.O. stopped saying 'who the hell are you' whenever he sees me."

"My daughter tells me you want to become a doctor."

'What can you wish for?!... Oh, I don't know... Infinite wealth, beautiful women throwing themselves at your feet, fame and admiration, perhaps?... But, don't let me influence you.'

'I'm tired of roaming the earth. Can we just stay home tonight?'

'I fetch, but it hasn't helped my career any.'

"Obviously, I can't fly like you, but if you teach me, I can probably sing like you..."

'I've had a few short stories published, but I'd really like to write 'the Great American How to Write a Novel.''

"You used to be that ambitious."

"It's not enough being a cat anymore. I want to be a fat cat."

Wall Street has a one way arrow upwards.

"Keep up the good work and there'll probably be a nice promotion in it for me."

'We can't find a pond small enough where you'd be a big fish.'

"You'll find I'm highly motivated and ambitious...oh, is this your desk?"

I'm willing to start at the bottom and work my way up to your job..

"It's a long term goal."

"He's a psychopath with megalomanic tendencies...I like that in a candidate!"

Corporate Success

"I'm running away to join the W.N.B.A."

"Two roads diverged in a wood and I... I... I..."

'In five year's time?... I see myself on that side of the desk telling you it's a great shame, thanks for all your hard work, but I'm going to have to let you go!'

What is possible/what is probable.

"I started out on a molehill - What about you?"