Business Literature Buff Gifts

"Tighten the bolts and slap some more boilerplate on this report, Mike. It's got candor leaking out in a dozen places!"

I'm looking for employees who have their own unique way of seeing things my way.

Business books - Who's Who & Who's Downsized sections.

'The iceman cometh too soon!'

'Alas, poor Yorick, I knew you well. But dude, you're creeping me out, so I gotta un-friend you!'

CEO with SEO

"I'm not sure about this new trainee - he asked me when does he get to see the actual ropes."

"The spoon, he ran away with the goddam spoon."

"Have you read any of Shakespeare's plays?"

John Bunyan

Emily Dickinson: Mime - "I think she's saying something about death."

'We have a strict don't-ask-don't-tell policy for salaries.'

'It's okay. We'll just push our retirement plan back a bit.'

Rape of the Lock- The Dream

Humpty Dumpty goes bungee jumping.

Shakespeare. Hamlet. Romeo and Juliet. "To be or not to be, that is the question". "We are such stuff …As dreams are made of …" "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other word would small as sweet." That Shakespeare guy had some neat sound bites.

"Do you have a minute, Bob? I'd like to speak with you about the concept of 'leadership'."

"Call my broker, fax my accountant, and get my groove back."

'Fyodor Dostoevsky sends weeks describing Alexy Karamazov's quest for a white whale, and then discards the entire chapter."

The little engine that could delegate.

'I've collected my memos into one reasonably priced gift book.'

"Hamlet. By William Shakespeare." Painting.

'When will I be old enough to have my own people?'

Now that I finally have an expense account, there's no time to eat.

Shakespeare Street

T.S. Eliot lacks the courage to eat a peach.

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

"Pendleton, as of noon today your services will no longer be required. Meanwhile, keep up the good work."

"Hoora! I made it through another day!"

"The itsy-bitsy spider went up the corporate ladder. And he didn't care how many lives he ruined along the way. I know, this isn't the book Simon & Schuster wants. But it's the damn truth."

'..It's just that with all your amazing powers of deduction and elimination, Holmes, I'm just a little surprised that the best solution you can come up with for seeing off the hound of the Baskervilles, is to 'chase them across the moors with a hoover. up

'Some mistakes are too much fun to make only once.'

"You'd be angry, too, if your alter ego was a successful physician."

"My God! There goes middle management."

"I spent hundreds of dollars on a course for entrepreneurs then found out the fire in my belly was acid reflux."