Ambition Enthusiast Pillows

'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!'

"It's all about persistence. How many times do I have to tell you?"

'If you can control your emotions I will make you a branch manager. Yippee.'

'Actually I started out in quantum mechanics, but somewhere along the way I took a wrong turn.'

'I thought I'd put in the details later.'

What is possible/what is probable.

'Yes, I know I'm filthy rich, dear. But it was always my dream to be obscenely rich.'

"It started out as a simple case of compassion fatigue, but within a week, it had developed into full-blown amoral ruthlessness. Of course, that's when my career really took off, so I've just learned to live with it."

"I'd just like to remind you nothing stands between me and success."

"I started out fetching."

'For those of you who have been waiting for me to retire. I'd like you to know that I'm now taking those growth-hormone injections.'

'I really do applaud your drive and ambition. Now please get out of my office.'

"I'm a overachiever. I always give 100 percent."

'Are you kidding? I was born ready.'

Come to think of it...I owe all my drive, focus and ambition to credit card debt.

'And another thing - you're way too goal-oriented.'

'You'll have to decide - do you want to be top management in a small pond, or bottom management in a big pond?'

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

'This information is on a need-to-screw-others basis.'

'I want it all and I want it all now.'

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

Up

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.

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

Ted suddenly realized the importance of 'looking out for number one.'

"I've taken the liberty of telling my dying mother that I already got the job."

'There are just two things separating me from the history books. . . opportunity and ability.'

"It's a long term goal."

Don't be chicken. Follow your dreams.

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

Snail Logic

"Someday, I'm gonna be super-successful!"

"Shape up, son! You want to be a dung beetle the rest of your life?"

"I set the bar too high and hit my head on it. I set the bar too low and tripped over it."

"... I guess I'm just afraid of peaking too soon in my career."