Corporate Lawyers Gifts

'Our only hope is a merger so we can become too big to fail.'

'Remember, it's not a lie if it makes us money.'

'What split would you settle for, fifty fifty?' - 'As long as I get the hyphen as well.'

"Since when is malicious, meanspirited and possibly criminal behavior considered unacceptable."

"Sure, money may be imaginary - but at least it's got everybody imagining it."

'Our merger is off. We've broken several corporate taboos, so Nanook won't give us his blessing.'

'Each company is making it hard to choose between merger offers.'

"Another week another dollar, Jenkins"

"Marshall, somewhere out there, just waiting for us, is a loophole in the system."

On his desk, a cat has an in box, out box and litter box.

"I was hoping this presentation would be more interesting upside down."

"Miracles happen, gentlemen, but they don't come cheap."

'The check is in the email attachment.'

'Let's not go by the book.'

Killer Executive Suits.

'This time we're going to do things right. And if that doesn't work, we'll just go back to stealing.'

"Peter's Joint Head of Communications."

"I don't want a G.O.A.T, I want a S.C.A.P.E.G.O.A.T."

Large Dollar Sign Office Block

The president's men

"In recognition of last month's little upward blip, I suggest we allow ourselves a spontaneous victory fist bump."

A fight in the Boardroom.

"I don't like getting bogged down in details. I'm more of a big-picture guy."

"How's everybody doing? I'm not boring you, am I?"

"'Quid pro quo' is a no-no, Bradbury. Around here we say 'reciprocal altruism'."

'There's good news and bad news, J. B. - we now control 51% of this corporation's stock!'

'You'll like this, gang ? it's an 'eyes-only' list of 'shady-but-tolerated' loopholes allowed by the Securities and Exchange Commission.'

"You've proven your worth a hundred times over. Let's try for a thousand."

"Gentlemen, I'm pleased to say the firm is perfectly positioned to avoid chapter eleven and still be in existence this time next year."

Doug had trouble getting home at a decent hour.

'No, your guess isn't as good as mine.'

'I'm judging by your silence Al that you're giving me the green light on the Greenwich project. I just want to say that I admire your leadership. I guess that's why you've been running this company for 20 years.'

'AT&T? I'm letting you go. I'm down-sizing too!'

'I've decided to step down as your CEO in order to spend more time in jail...'

"Well, it looks like the merger is off."