Aspiration Aficionados Mugs

Pushy Parents

Relationship counselor: 'She started behaving strangely, and our man-machine interface has become unpredictable.'

And here's the office floor plan. The numbers indicate the recommended sequence in which to step on people on your way to the top.

'That's the first cubicle I ever worked in.'

Not thinking BIG enough: Nickel & Dime Bank.

"Look , Malcolm, I get it that you're ambitious. But can't you put that damn thing down just for a minute?"

"Of course, it may be one of those sting operations!"

'I have everything a man could want - But I've still managed to hang onto my petty ambitions.'

"I've finally arrived. The C.E.O. stopped saying 'who the hell are you' whenever he sees me."

If a moo can rise to the top, so can I.

"That thermostat I bought is smart. It knows how cheap I am, so it keeps our home freezing."

Tongue in the ear...

'I've had a few short stories published, but I'd really like to write 'the Great American How to Write a Novel.''

"Ambitions... to make a career change from tourism to sales."

"Yes, I'm sure you do deserve further career advancement. But if I promote you again you'll have my job!"

"It's a long term goal."

Wall Street has a one way arrow upwards.

"You'll find I'm highly motivated and ambitious...oh, is this your desk?"

I'm willing to start at the bottom and work my way up to your job..

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

"Look at her...Gracie is intelligent, optimistic, ambitious..I wish she was one more thing."

"He's a psychopath with megalomanic tendencies...I like that in a candidate!"

'In five year's time?... I see myself on that side of the desk telling you it's a great shame, thanks for all your hard work, but I'm going to have to let you go!'

What is possible/what is probable.

"I worked my way up from a goddamn steamboat - I am the American Dream."

"Please mum - not the baby photos."

"So, professor, in a post-industrial robotic universe, what would be the role of politicians?"

"There's no denying that you are ambitious but we are looking for someone with more dress sense."

"Shape up, son! You want to be a dung beetle the rest of your life?"

"What, another live person?! Listen, do you have any computers over there I can speak with?"

'I realize money can't buy happiness, so I'm just trying to improve the exchange rate.'

"I started out on a molehill - What about you?"

'Shouldn't you be somewhere clawing yourself to the top, or something?'