Artistic Overseer Gifts

'Bill, I like the way you handle responsibility so I'm going to blame some stuff on you.'

"He's got great velocity but his trajectory needs work."

'So! -- You're the one who's been stealing the office supplies!'

'Melvin, you're trying my patience.'

"Let me make this perfectly opaque..."

'Does he do anything besides watch the money?'

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"I'v got this center-of-the-universe gig."

'To err is human, but to forgive is unusual.'

'Don't mention Law & Order.. I'm all Law.'

"Any chance that was you who just screamed in excruciating pain?"

"I haven't seen their work before, I like their use of light!"

"What's the matter? Not puffy enough for you?"

Part of Neptune's job is doing performance reviews. He said the octopus is a great multitasker and the dolphin has outstanding communication skills. If given a meaty project to work on, the shark will really sink its teeth into it. The jellyfish received a poor review because he's just aimlessly drifting in his career. And the eel is being promoted to management. He's a terrific motivator. He gets everybody charged up.

Conductor and the Referee Choir.

The artist

'I don't worry when he calls from the door way or the front steps - only when he starts heading this way.'

'Damned tourists.'

Boss sitting in an umpire chair to watch his employees.

'You see productivity levels. I see a naked lady.'

"The greatest advance of the digital era has been the rebranding of narcissism as sharing."

"I can speak with Billy now, Susan. While I'm thinking about it... order me another file cabinet."

Paint By Number

'When I decide you need my opinion I'll charge you $450 per hour for it.'

"A lot of them I only pretend to watch over."

The public and private lives of a football steward

'The Taxman's in the counting house, taxing all your money!'

"I have the whole universe to look after, so I'm putting you in charge of this planet."

'Ought we to blow the whistle? He is, after all, a senior consultant.'

'Look, you've got to stop thinking that one little pill is going to solve all your problems...You need to take at least four, twice a day.'

"Just because they all work from home now doesn't mean I don't still keep an eye on them."

"I'm sorry, sir. I'm afraid you're overdrawn."