City Growth Guru Gifts

"The Net National Product rose slightly last month."

'And I'm happy to say, that since the merger...'

"Great! We're still going up! Chop a hole in the ceiling!"

"#Win!"

'Believe me, I know transformation isn't easy. I pulled a muscle once.'

Pony express. Pony express yourself. Pony express yourself so much he left.

Pity vs. Bragging and Public Relations

"You called me, boss?" "Yes, I overheard you talking to patrons about all the new planets we’ve found." "I want you to stop doing that." "At least until I’m done buying up as much of that real estate as I can. I don’t need any competitors driving up the prices." "Very bad man." "When the hipsters run out of cities to gentrify here, my properties on Gliese 581c are going to make a killing."

"Now I'll demonstrate how, with a minimum of capital investment, you can make a mountain out of a molehill!"

"Young man, go to your room and stay there until your cerebral cortex matures."

'I'm telling ya, it's a jungle out there.'

"I can hear Brooklyn becoming played out."

If a moo can rise to the top, so can I.

Always expect the best

"For my next trick, I shall turn four consecutive quarters of losses into a positive outlook going forward."

"In my class, I'm not interested in grades. I'm interested in you becoming a better person!"

"These are magic beans, my boy. Their value comes from growth and scale, not revenue."

Good coaches help people change, great coaches help the change stick...

Teamwork: Innovation, Success, Evaluation, Development, Growth, Solution, Progess, Market.

All I want for Christmas is a modest recovery in the GDP, along with expectations that the year-over-year growth rate will significantly improve in 2014.'

'Gentlemen we need more growth.'

'Sometimes, in the stillness and warmth of an afternoon sun, I can almost hear interest compounding.'

'And this chart shows our rate of growth.'

'Obviously, for Ben's proposal to really take off, he'll need a longer runway than our little company can provide!'

"Graphs are like EKGs, they show the health of a company."

"We call it, 'Green meadows' because that's what it was before we decided to build on it."

'I don't think we can justify employing a gardener.'

SWOTs

'We all have trade-offs in life, Mrs. Quigley. I wanted to be a bartender.'

"I think he's been capitalised!"

'It's a growth industry' (tulips from Amsterdam).

'You have the right to remain silent and to the counsel of a motivational speaker.'

"It takes a special supervisor to admit he's wrong. So far I can admit to being a special supervisor. I'm still working on the second part."