Business Magnates Gifts

'One day this will all be yours.'

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

'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.'

"Do you promise to love, honour and contribute to the gross national product?"

LEMONADE 50 CENTS, 'I'm only seven years old -- I don't HAVE a credit rating yet!'

News Internecine: Murdoch succession battle

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

'Dog eat dog.'

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

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

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

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

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

"I detect a subtle bouquet of money."

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."

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

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

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

Savory Types

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

Lord Avariss - Captain of Industry

'Our short-term solution is money. Our long-term solution is more money.'

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

'We're e-bankrupt.'

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

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

"Well, what would YOU like for Christmas?"

"Sold his air rights."

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

Choices.

"Do you have any working capital?"