Aspiring Expert Gifts

"With the caveat that the only certainty in this life is uncertainty, I still want to entertain the possibility of being a pundit when I grow up."

'Don't bite it.I have to check Daddy next.'

Young Dr. Dolittle.

What else is there to wish for?

"That's Brian Eggleston, de facto leader of the playground intelligentsia."

Do you have to write the 5 paragraph essays to be a rich investment banker? Or rock star? Or famous actress? No. No. And no. Then why learn to write one? So when those jobs don't work out

"The teacher expects too much of me. She wants me to give it the old college try, and I'm only in grade school."

"Follow that dream!" (man boarding taxi)

"Those are the failed attempts at my first novel."

I'm writing the Great American novel, one bill at a time.

'Stop purring I can't hear your heart beat.'

"Gracie, what does a little girl like you wish for? I mean, besides being a doctor, a motivational speaker, a great parent and becoming president?"

The Idea of America.

'Publshing Books for Dummies.'

"What made you start blogging about success?"

'It's my application to Harvard...'

'I don't make house calls. My mom won't let me leave the yard.'

"Remember, junior, in America anyone can aspire to become the most powerful person in government - the special prosecutor!"

Rainbow/Horizon

"Whoops - I Accidentally Pressed 'Elevator Pitch.'"

"When I grow up I'm going to be a ghost writer."

'I found this copy of 'Atlas Shrugged' under his mattress!'

'Look on it as... constructive criticism.'

Books: Self-Improvement Just keeping up with Joneses.

"The counselor wasn't much help about getting into college. All he said was to study hard and get good grades."

'My parents couldn't afford to send me to college, so they let me spend a night at a Ramada.'

'Did you find someone to practice your first aid on, dear?'

"I went to college knowing I wanted to be an astronaut. My parents had only a third-grade education. But they were good teachers. They taught me the importance of hard work...of perseverance...of not being afraid to dream."

"If I were writing fulltime, I'd have three unpublished novels by now."

"Ok, I'm doing this. I'm going to finally write that book."

"Where do you see yourself in five years?"

'The manuscript is 'green' because it's typed entirely on the backs of rejection slips.'

'What do you want to be when you grow up?'

A girl climbs a ladder of books

Junior doctor kits.