Corporate Contemplator Gifts

'We were just sitting around reminiscing about all the fleeting things in business...pensions, benefits, labor unions...'

"My career's in shreds, but on the bright side, so are my files."

'I had considered a career as an offshore commodities broker specialising in securitised asset transfers but the pension wasn't as good.'

"What I’ve learned is you have to look deep inside your heart and ask yourself, ‘What is it that she really wants to hear?’"

Not much money, glory, or praise

'Being a nobody isn't so bad...You don't have to worry about becoming a has-been.'

Tonight's Lecture: Globalization. I've never worried about my job going overseas --- None of my jobs ever went anywhere.

Guys looks in the mirror and sees himself as a prisoner.

If I could sell my experience for half of what it cost me I could retire.

"We're studying the legal principles of 'crossing a heart and hoping to die'."

'Thoreau had his Walden Pond, C.J. has his water cooler.'

US Dollar weakens.

'What I especially like about being a philosopher-scientist is that I don't have to get my hands dirty.'

'I am not my job... my job is not me... I do not need my job to give my life a purpose...' 'Hey, did you hear the news? We're all laid off!' 'Stupid affirmations!'

'I'm not saying this is a deadend job, but you can forget a trophy wife.'

"I feel I blend in well with the holes in my career ladder."

Bowther, Wilkin, Lynch & Fisk

'Do you ever wonder about this whole 'money' thing?'

'To become ONE with the Universe, you must first become COMPLIANT with the Universe!'

Man reading magazine: 'International Procrastinator.'

I don't see a future for me in my present job. They don't reward mediocrity.

Actually, with bachelors degrees in philosophy, we were lucky to get this job.

William would often take long walks along the beach, seeking inspiration for his next timesheet.

"I'm at that sweet spot in my career...right between 'young and underpaid' and 'old and too expensive.'"

A long way towards retirement...

'One day I'll stop to reflect on my career and marvel that I have time to reflect.'

'I think I just blew my diet. Do you know what the glycemic index is for a communion host?'

"Do wine writers suffer and all that?"

"You said you wanted something really rewarding for your last wish so I made you a teacher."

Alcohol 'Nector of the Gods' 'Devils Brew!'

"At what point in your public relations career did you realize you don' relate to the public?"

Wealth without fulfilment/Fulfilment without wealth.

'You're wasting your time. I like my job, but I'll never love it.'

Forty years in the City and never once was I headhunted.

Thoughts from Lockdown