Business Bigwigs Mugs

"Hello, this is Bill Gates. Remember, nobody has a monopoly on safety, so buckle up!"

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

"If a stock falls in the market, and it had no investors, does it really lose its value?"

'There's good news and bad news, J. B. - we now control 51% of this corporation's stock!'

Apart from your mother, who else thinks you're doing a good job as Chairman of the company?

'We're under capitalized. As soon as we reach the break even point we'll buy a lemon.'

'Dog eat dog.'

'So, gentlemen, how's the dollar trading against the immortal soul, today?'

"Did you hear that that bastard McMinney has buggered of to work for Bank of America!"

"What's on my schedule today, Fred?"

"You are aware that we try to make money here, yes?"

'You can't put him out to pasture - he owns the pasture!'

'Of course, the toll on my personal life has been enormous.'

'I'm still employed, but to save on utility costs, they offshored me.'

Business school graduate trying to climb to the top of the world

"At the end of the day Simon, money talks!"

"Leave Lou to me. I'll eat him and then you can run the company."

'He's a self-made man - he did it without the media.'

Lord Avariss - Captain of Industry

Dragon's den desk. 'I'm in' and 'I'm out' tray on desk.

'There's a gentleman out here with $643 million. He would like to discuss a takeover.'

"Does it ever cross your mind that we make a lot of money because no one else wants to do what we do?"

Savory Types

'We're an international company, Mr. Zickenbarth. We've got creditors in more than 200 different countries!'

"Sinclair's not all he's cracked up to be. His reputation exceeds him."

"Well so much for our policy of putting the customer second!"

'I'm calling you out, account to account.'

"The only thing I'm sensing is an entrepreneurial spirit."

"Well, what would YOU like for Christmas?"

'We're e-bankrupt.'

"And once we wipe out the disease, where does that leave us?"

'Could you be more specific than a king's ransom or an arm and a leg.'

"A handshake is as good as a thirty-page contract, eh, Mr. Harrison?"

Choices.

"Do you have any working capital?"