Businessman Gifts

"'Season's Greetings' looks O.K. to me. Let's run it by the legal department."

"Can I call you back? I'm with a piece of string."

"I couldn't have said it better myself, Sarah, so I'll just repeat it a little bit louder."

"It's New York. It wants you back."

"I have a system."

"Someday all these anonymous accounts will belong to shell companies of which you will deny all knowledge."

"No, not there, please. That's where I'm going to put my head."

'Please stop...it reminds me too much of the markets.'

'Excellent meeting. I loved the quick fixes, the simple solutions, and the easy answers.'

"First of all, forget everything you learned in obedience school."

'This contract proposal needs more work. I'm not experiencing any twinges of guilt over it.'

Out of Focus Group

"I've hedged against inflation and I've hedged against deflation, but price stability could knock me for a loop."

"Miss Dugan, will you send someone in here who can distinguish right from wrong?"

"It's come to my attention, Wycliff, that you're actually planning a life outside the office."

"The resolution has been made and seconded that we stick our heads in the sand."

"I didn't get where I am by trying to please."

"My job is in finance. This is just my hobby."

Bull Arm Wrestling A Bear.

"I hope you don't think that you have a monopoly on ethics."

"Today on Wall Street, yesterday's panic selling was replaced by panic buying."

"Legally, we're a farm."

'I led a long and happy life. Twenty business cycles.'

"Do you ever find yourself wondering, 'What would Batman do in this situation?'"

"But I've never made any real money. . ."

'I find if I'm the first one in and the first one out, Ponzi schemes can be very lucrative.'

"Somewhere out there, Patrick, is the key to increased sales. I want you to find that key, Patrick, and bring it to me."

'I made a real killing on the stock market today. I shot my broker.'

"The main, unchangeable principal that I use in life is to be pragmatic."

'Nice to see you again. We must do ants sometime.'

"And that's when he realized he wasn't on the partner track at all!"

"You weren't expecting a walrus, right?"

"And if you do any work, put it here."

"How small will he get?"

"You're fired, Withron. I got a terrific deal on a handful of ballpoints."