Businesswoman Gifts

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

"We were hoping that you could work from work today."

Out of Focus Group

"How she's able to manage a career and still juggle her family, I'll never know."

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

"I have to always remind myself, 'judge the shoes, not the person'."

8 AM in the sleeper elevator car

'Implementing these changes won't be easy. We're pretty set in doing things the wrong way.'

'Yep, that does sound like an ethical dilemma, Phil. But relax... it's only a problem if you have a conscience.' 'That's just it! I think I do!!' 'Don't worry, I won't tell a soul.'

"Do you ever worry that you've had to sacrifice your femininity to succeed?"

'Last week many of us had a tight schedule so our meeting was rushed and very short. Miss Jones, please read us the seconds of our last meeting.'

'I'd love to add something to this discussion but I have no idea what we're talking about.'

'Same here, we have a female C.E.O., too.'

"Did you think the ladder of success would be straight up?"

"O.K., now—on three, I'm going to toss a second job in there!"

'We can agree with me or you can be wrong.'

"And what my plan may lack in coherence, it makes up for in the exhilerating momentum created by all of these super-cool arrows!"

"I used to lose my secretaries because they were getting married - now they leave to start their own companies."

'I'd love to play house, Kevin, but I've got a business to run.'

"Oh good, you brought Robert's rules of order."

A businesswoman's desk breaks under the weight of the 'in' pile

'I realize you were just saying what everyone was thinking . . .and if you do it again you're fired.'

'What do you say, gentlemen - ready for some girltalk?'

'This home based business is easy to set up. Everyone knows that women are better at multitasking.'

Business Partners' vows

"Today's meeting will be endless, with a half-hour break for lunch."

Stakeholder Engagement

"I wish I could find the time to take a time management course."

'I have some specific, unknown objectives for you to achieve.'

'Your husband is on line two. He says it's an emergency. He wants to know how to work the microwave.'

'When you asked if I'd 'like a little company' I didn't expect you to start trying to sell me your dry-cleaning business!'

The Working Woman's Magazine

".... and it was at this point that I realized we made the same mistake as before."

'I didn't get the promotion. The interviews took place in the men's room.'

"What she said - but louder, and with more authority."