Aspiring Visionary Mugs

'We can't make any plans. By the time we grow up, there will be professions no one has ever dreamed of.'

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

"Someday she'll solve the world's problems."

"Where would you see yourself in five years' time?"

What else is there to wish for?

"Someday you'll see my work in the employee break room at the Met."

I need to set upmy own company.

'This is a good time to be young, son. Look at all the opportunities you have in front of you...you can help sole the problems of the environment, poverty,civil rights....'

"I've always wanted an empire of Distance Learning Campuses."

Travellers with a developer: 'I see ski slopes.'

"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.

DACA

"It looks like we've reached the end of reality..."

"One day she'll be a wonderful architect."

'Where do you see yourself in five years?'

One day, he hoped to hit the big time.

Wishful Thinking Magazine - circulation chart.

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."

"You can achieve anything if you put you mind to it."

"Gee, I just wish I had the words to describe this scene to you fellows back on earth...!"

"This grade doesn't fit into my five-year plan!"

"I'm ahead of my time."

"We thought we could put in the details later."

'I thought I'd put in the details later.'

'This is wonderful. It will help millions of people.'

"...and would you like to enroll her in pre-pre-pre-med or pre-pre-law?"

"I want an eponymous retail empire when I grow up, Greg. What do you want?"

So tell me, Junior.

"Debit card, no problem. Any cash back?"

"I can't wait until we're older so we can get into the cannabis industry. At least then we can make a difference in people's lives."

'It's true that a college degree might render you overqualified for your present position, but it's a chance I'd take.'

"It's beginning to appear as if I'll never have greatness thrust upon me."

Nursery Careers Service. Careers teacher tells toddler: 'Astronaut training would give you something to fall back on, if the jungle explorer job fell through.'