Business Powerhouse Pillows

"Son, this is the key to success - it opens the room where we keep the money."

"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!'

'Do you remember when our time away from the office was our time...'

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.'

"Now that's a win."

'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!"

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

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

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

Time Out For Teddy

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

Corporate Whore.

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

Savory Types

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.'

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

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

Doctor to man: 'You're a workaholic - you tested positive for elbow grease.'

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

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

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

'We're e-bankrupt.'

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

Choices.

"Do you have any working capital?"

"You know, maybe he's not the small-business man he claims to be."

Sometimes I feel the company would collapse if we weren't here.

"You can't see a grief counselor just because you got a 'B'."

'He's under office-arrest.'

"I may be a dinosaur, sir, but I am the Tyrannosaurus Rex!"