Ambition Schemer Gifts

'Danae...you seem to spend twice the time and energy in avoiding your schoolwork than it would take to actually do the work...How far do you expect that'll get you in life?'

"If I made as much as him, I could retire in a couple of days"

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

"When I grow up, I want to go into medicine and help people who can pay out of pocket."

'Oh for heaven's sake, you're a cow. Just eat grass and be happy.'

'I try not to think big too often or I get terrible headaches.'

"Me, as soon as I'm old enough, I'm out of here! I'll go and join my older brother: he's a beach bum in San Diego, California..."

The Salesman

'No, you can't use your last wish, to wish for another three wishes!'

"One day, my boy, all this will be retirement homes."

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

"Today we are going to find out if you can that leap."

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

"Look , Malcolm, I get it that you're ambitious. But can't you put that damn thing down just for a minute?"

'Why don't you leave the planning of our wedding to me?'

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

"I really love school. There's only one problem. I think not having a college degree is holding me back."

'I have everything a man could want - But I've still managed to hang onto my petty ambitions.'

'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.'

'When I grow up I want to join the SWAT team!'

'Never underestimate the value of pipe-dreams, my son.'

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

"You used to be that ambitious."

You Are Now Entering Texas Think Big

Gracie for Queen...of the universe.

"An Iraq attack is one thing, but I'm not sure about a Persian incursion."

"I hope it indicates a quick promotion."

"I've made myself a success through a combination of long-term planning and short term tantrums."

'Here's the game plan going forward. We acknowledge any and all 'mistakes,' then fake fixing them.'

"I'm not the ruthless guy everyone says I am, but that's my goal."

"How am I supposed to unleash my full potential when I'm always on one?"

"It's not that I'm lazy. But I envisage myself not so much climbing the corporate ladder, as taking the corporate elevator."

"Do you call this a business plan?"

'So, then.... you don't LIKE life in the fast lane?'

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