Aspiration Acrobat Gifts

"Whenever someone scoffs at dreaming the impossible dream, I tell them to think of Bloomingdale's –the way it was long, long ago, and the way it is now."

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

Cat with Lion reflection in mirror

"Am I looking happy or sad in the appropriate places?"

"You really shouldn't ask for material things like a bike. At least try for a Porsche."

'Oh no...I'm living the dream.'

Baseball Dreams

". . . and they lived happily ever after. . . in an aspirational sort of way."

"Last question. Where do you see yourself thirty seconds from now?"

Man Walking Towards His Goal.

Move Up In The World or Down Hill All The Way.

"If I didn't worry all the time what would I do with myself?"

"Is this speech pie-in-the-sky nonsense or aspirational?"

Metaphors.

'It's a great country kid, anyone can grow up to be security to the president.'

'But Mum, I've got to practise if I want to join a circus when I grow up!'

Writer

"I kept following my dreams until my dreams filed a restraining order against me."

"But my real dream is gettin' paid lotsa money for doin' nothin'."

Lincoln elementary school

Chasing Dreams

"Ambitions... to be opened."

"Oh, no! I typed up all my New Year's Resolutions without saving copies, only to drop them in the shredder by accident! Now I'll never remember them! How clumsy of me! Oh, well!"

"I want to be a clone."

A tightrope walker balances while holding hearts.

"When I was young and naive I wanted to be a millionaire. Now I'm older, my values have changed. I want to be a billionaire."

Temp Agency Personnel. Where do you see yourself in five weeks?

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

Home/work masks.

"Are you O.K.? You're barely paying attention to your book, phone, show, laptop, and the crossword you started ten minutes ago."

'I have no objection to employees living the dream, Jennings, just not the dream of being a giant tomato.'

'So you won't be coming, Mother?'

"Cody, we're ready to settle the case f Bucket List v. Boomerang."

"OK, is the American dream gonna fall in our lap...or should we turn off the telenovela and actually go work on it?"

Time For Hope