Aspirational Thinker Gifts

"This is not the sort of America I envisioned, Tom-an America in which the middle class has to use public transportation."

It's usually true, brother Ernest, that you should dress for the job you want, but ...

You Are Here...Zeitgeist.

Border Dreams

"The minimum wage is frozen to give the working poor the chance to aspire to a working wage.

"Of course this'll be a great year. The data, sales projections, customer surveys, and my mom all think so."

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

What else is there to wish for?

The Salesman

One man's obstacle is another man's stepping stone.

Optimist

"I've given up on the novel. There's more money in writing inspirational memes."

Miniature Design Shop: Think Small.

"How can you have a meteoric rise to the top in a one-story building?"

"This year I resolve to embrace change."

'It could have been worse...she might have chosen banking.'

'What can you wish for?!... Oh, I don't know... Infinite wealth, beautiful women throwing themselves at your feet, fame and admiration, perhaps?... But, don't let me influence you.'

"My daughter tells me you want to become a doctor."

Why weren't we born rich instead of beautiful?

"Obviously, I can't fly like you, but if you teach me, I can probably sing like you..."

"You used to be that ambitious."

Always expect the best

"Where am I going to college? I thought this was college."

"Well, so much for my lucky hat! I've worn it to five interviews and not ONE callback!"

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

"Two roads diverged in a wood and I... I... I..."

"How am I supposed to unleash my full potential when I'm always on one?"

"It's not that I'm lazy. But I envisage myself not so much climbing the corporate ladder, as taking the corporate elevator."

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

'Wow, that is a really big goal!'

"Have a career, and then if you want to try acting, you'll have my blessing."

"Why be a princess...when I can be a queen?"

"It's lonely at the top...But it beats being depressed at the bottom."

"If we had invented the phone and computer, we would be at the top of the food chain. What a blown opportunity."

'It saves me the trouble of constantly asking myself 'What's my motivation?''