Aspiration Acrobat Mugs

"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

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

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

Baseball Dreams

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

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

Man Walking Towards His Goal.

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

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!'

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

Writer

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

Chasing Dreams

"Ambitions... to be opened."

Lincoln elementary school

A tightrope walker balances while holding hearts.

'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.'

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

Time For Hope

"It doesn't matter how small you start...."

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

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