Business Baron Gifts

'Son, someday this will all be yours. Or Wal-Mart's. Whoever pays Daddy the most.'

(One small step for the Nasdaq…. One giant leap for me!)

'The very name 'windfall profits' show it's an act of god.'

"Mr. Thomaston's people are here to talk to your people."

"The Oaths of the Venture Capitalists."

"A man's cubicle is his castle—eh, chief?"

I swear my grandfather's scowl is getting worse

'Sure, I'll come on board for five-hundred times your average worker's wage, plus double that in stock options, and unlimited use of the corporate jet. Also free postage.'

Agricultural Businessman.

"And need I remind you, the 'art of the deal' is the lifeblood of this company."

'Okay...3.5 billion in stock, 2.5 billion in cash, 80 million in deferred compensation, my own private jet, a luxury car lease for the next ten years, 3 club memberships and...

"Where's all your fish?" "I never should have bought 'coy' fish."

'No thanks, I don't drink when I'm driving home a point about investing.'

Now may not be a good time,he just found out he's not going to live forever.

'Insofar as hard figures are still unavailable, our Mr.Rendleman has written a poem which explores the essence of the firm's situation.'

'Never underestimate the value of pipe-dreams, my son.'

"How are we on bread?"

Lemonade fruit juice water stand and Umbrellas, sump, pumps, raincoats stand.

Hot Towel Web Service

"We're a hedge fund, Mr Marney, so I'm putting your allocation at 30% stocks, 30% bonds, and 40% bushes."

'Relax. I've come for your high yield 30 year Treasury bonds. They're about to expire.'

"Do you have any idea who it is you're talking to?"

'Can I get a Chardonnay over dry ice? I hate it when my wine gets wet.'

"It's non-negotiable."

"I saw the wariness in your eyes when you learned that I was plucked from academia to run this company, so I thought I'd allay your concerns by writing this sonnet."

Eldon Furse - Cattle Baron and Flag Waver

If they sentence me, I'll simply pay to refurbish the penitentiary. It will be my own little six star hotel!

"Langsford, will you please stop interjecting quotes from Kahlil Gibran?"

Sporting World God: And on the seventh day he stitched up the television broadcast rights.

One shandy and two glasses of tap water please.

Now playing: 'The passion of big box office profits'.

"It's a novel about quarterly reports."

"Let me do all the singing."

"This one says he's his company's lead-off man."

'Forty beers please, oh, and if a woman called Beau Peep calls, tell her you never saw us.'