Ambitions Mugs

"Meet a girl? Fall in love? Move to the city? You need to set more realistic goals, son."

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

"I want to be a footballer's wife."

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

Think even bigger

"He quit his job to pursue his dreams."

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

The only time you are actually too old to follow your dreams.

"I haven't been good, but I have good as a goal."

"I'm a lot more ambitious than you Dad! I don't just want to be the King of the Jungle, I want to be an emperor!"

"Where do you see yourself 5 years ago?"

"I could have gotten to the top . . . but I wasted all my time in the park."

"I think you'll just have to face the fact, dear, that you're not really a Hummingbird and you can't fly to Mexico with them!"

"I've always dreamt of learning, but as a hermit crab, it's not possible: it takes two to tango..."

"Oh, I wanted to be so many things. Of course, being wrinkled was not one of them."

'My life goals? Well, right now it's a toss-up between being president or a corporate raider...'

'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.'

'Come here right now! Dogs can't fly.'

"But sweetie, don't you want to be more than just a presidential 'hopeful'?"

"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..."

'Demanding money with menaces, isn't really a career, Atkinson!!'

'What do you mean, 'What do I want to be?'. . . I haven't even gotten being a kid down yet.'

'Of course I don't mind you going out to fulfil a boyhood dream, Joe. Just as long as it doesn't involve Dolly Parton.'

Successful sales people are avid goal setters...

'Really! - you have an aim in life - how quaint!'

UNDERACHIEVERS' ANONYMOUS, 'Someday we'll rent a bigger place.'

'We'd all like to jump over the moon.'

'Because I CAN'T follow my dreams, dummy!'

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

"When I grow up I'm going to become president and I'm going to abolish homework!"

"So...what do you want to be when you grow up?..."

'The very small blank one says: 'Watch this space'...'

'Stop chasing your dream and catch a mouse.'

'...But my stupid parents said no!!'

Shoot for the moon or die in the vacuum of space