Ambitious Intellectual Gifts

'I'm majoring in political science and minoring in ballet - I want to be a spin doctor.'

Blue Stockings - Woman revealing herself as author

Thomas Mann.

E=mc2.

"I have a recurring nightmare that I've taken a test, and the professor won't give me an 'A'."

'I can't believe I didn't get that promotion. So many people have passed me by I feel like a road sign on the highway to success.'

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

"That's Brian Eggleston, de facto leader of the playground intelligentsia."

Philosophy Department: You are here but why are you here?

Super Student

Think Tank

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

"Barb's such a fast reader."

Miniature Design Shop: Think Small.

'I need to borrow your Ph.D. for a half hour tomorrow. I have a major problem to solve.'

Caged Businessman

"One day, I'll be the first woman!"

"Listen here pup, it's time you realized it's a "dog eat dog" world."

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

"You know, there's a corporate elevator."

Academic Jeopardy - "The great unknowns and cosmic uncertainties of the universe are reduced by this number daily."

"Wait, wait, back up, back up. Who the #!@! is George Orwell?"

Shoot For The Moon

'This course in philosophy is not designed to teach you how to make a living. I will be teaching you how to make a life.'

Learn to play the violin in one weekend - 'This isn't working! It's Saturday evening already and I've only got as far as holding it properly...'

'You present a very convincing argument.'

'I was speeding right along toward my goal of moving up from middle management, when a cost-cutting measure overtook me!'

"Papi, can I be president of the United States?"

"Oh my goodness. My lecture on John Donne has just been awarded Most Pizzazzy Metaphysical Lecture of the Year."

Do you mind if my mother joins our little business dinner ? You know what it's like, I don't want people from the office to think I'm sleeping my way to the top.

"Trying to get new business is killing me..."

The Economy of Ideas

Professor McWit, crushed by an avalanche of Philosophy 101 texts, proves again that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

"Always with the cancer cures, this one."

Lost and Profound.