Business Partners Pillows

'Peabody, Yomp, Lee, Brodski & Dirkshaw...buddies since 4th grade.

Two men at relate

'So, how's our company doing?'

"He came with the office."

'What bothers me about these meetings is even though it's work, I have the nagging feeling I ought to leave and get back to work.'

"Looks like we found the issue."

'Why is it that nothing ever gets done at these meetings?'

"You've got your corner office, so what more do you want?"

'The 'insourcing' will go ahead and some jobs will be off to Leeds or Manchester, but I think I'll be safe...'

'Do you think, perhaps, that we could start shooting for a few longer-term goals around here?'

"We found the poor thing stranded on the beach last summer and decided to adopt it."

'If I had to use one word to describe our strategy.'

'I'm sure that one wasn't there last week.'

"Remember the golden rule: more buzzwords, less real words."

Shepherd and eurydice

"Another week another dollar, Jenkins"

No, I didn't know they were going to cut the office furniture budget in half.

"Bert, I'm confused. What happens after we circle the wagons, tighten our belts and walk a mile in our customer's shoes? Is that when the chickens come home to roost?"

"Is this to make me feel bad for not getting you that laptop?"

'I sent out for everything.'

"I'm going to bombard you with graphs until you agree with me."

'And were there a point to your proposal, Henderson - What would it be?'

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

'I wouldn't say this wine's name is long, but it's continued on the bottle next to it.'

'... And some primitive cultures, believed that 'the great ones' modelled us from clay.'

'Now that I have your attention...'

The Businessmen Have to Make Decisions from Many Options

"This is a merit-based organization! Can't you see I’ve hired the very best and most qualified yes-men money can buy?"

"In the first place, it isn't "maddening crowd.' It's 'madding crowd.' "

"Marshall, somewhere out there, just waiting for us, is a loophole in the system."

At the end of each day, Gary had approximately 7 minutes of free time – which left him feeling very vulnerable.

'It's only a hunch, but I think everybody bought everything they needed, last time.'

Golly, �1m a year isn't too much. I don't know why your shareholders don't understand you.

"Yes Sir, I'm still working on the 'ins and outs' of their proposal."

"Can I savor this for a few moments? The ball's never been in my court before!"