Ambition Seeker Pillows

'Long term I want to enhance my leadership skills and ascend the corporate ladder. Short term I want to enjoy a mocha latte.'

'I used to worry about becoming a big cheese in the company. Now that I'm a big cheese in the company, I worry about my cholesterol.'

"You'll never know if you can fly until you leap into the unknown."

Headhunter advice - "Son, if you want to get ahead in this world, get a good sharp machete."

The consequences of over ambition.

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

'Always remember one thing son, you'll never get anyplace unless you stick your neck out,'

"My parents are nice, school's going well, and I'm basically a good kid. Unfortunately, there's no money or fame in being normal."

Man dreams of being rich.

'I'm sorry now I lent you my book, 'How To Succeed In Business'.'

"I just don't feel as though I'm getting anywhere. . ."

Forward Progress

"I was a shadow of my future self."

"So, Gracie, if you were a superhero, what powers would you have?"

Despite his best efforts Kevin was still struggling to break out of his comfort zone.

"So you see, even greed has its rewards."

'It saves me the trouble of constantly asking myself 'What's my motivation?''

"Stop chasing my tail? I'd be lost if I had no goal in life."

"Hello, mom. You know how you were always telling me I could be anything I wanted to be? Well guess What."

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

"If we had invented the phone and computer, we would be at the top of the food chain. What a blown opportunity."

"All my hopes have been downgraded to dreams."

"I grew up on a dead end street. . . it was also a one-way street. I'm not really sure how I got out."

"You'll find it's lonely at the top."

The Salesman

'Garrison came up the hard way...without stepping on anyone.'

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

"You used to be that ambitious."

Time for a change!

"Do you think it's too late for me to go to law school and position myself for an appointment to the supreme court?"

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

'If you're going to be a rich man's plaything be the best darned rich man's plaything you can be.'

"You smell that? That's the smell of success - with a hint of dumpster."

'I wish I had a larger piece of the pie in the sky!'

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