Deal-making Dreamer Gifts

"Anyway, we'd love to have You on board for the Creighton deal."

'Why don't we try a renegotiated buyout offer before we go with the Plague of Rabid Bats thing.'

'I'm sure that one wasn't there last week.'

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

'When we get there let me do the double talking.'

"I can't believe how great my life is now: We used to live in an apartment, but now, I have my own garden..."

"Enough with how great the public schools are. Just tell us – is there a Trader Joe’s nearby?"

"That's Paul, he's our head of partnerships..."

'We're making progress. I just got a firm 'maybe'.'

...and if the Chairman rings, find out who he is.

'No hostile takeover bids beyond this point.'

'We really like your suggested target of us becoming 'richer than God if God won the lottery'. Any idea how we might get there.'

'Your honor, we are appealing on grounds the post-trial book deals didn't match the pre-trial publicity.'

"Remember, negotiating is like buying fruit. You don't know what you'll get until you squeeze 'em a bit."

"So what do you really think of my business plan?"

"I'm hoping to sell my startup - a chain of fast-food meditation centers - to Google for seven figures."

If John Lennon had gone into strategic management.

"I want an eponymous retail empire when I grow up, Greg. What do you want?"

"When I grow up I'm going to become president and I'm going to abolish homework!"

"I came, I saw I takeovered."

"Your dream of a house with a white picket fence is still feasible, at least for the picket fence."

"I'm creating the world's first 'instant lowrider' kit! I'll need partners...and when the profits roll in, I'll take 75 percent and they will get 50 percent."

'At our last meeting we decided to go for broke. Well, mission accomplished.'

"Don't anybody move: this is a merger."

"We'll be too big to fail!"

"Want to put the house on the market so we clean it?"

Anticipated Sales - "Now at this point reality intruded."

We're looking for someone who has their own desk, computer, fax, smart phone, copier, and customer list.

"Coming soon. Possibly a thrift store or a bakery...or, no—how about a coffee house? Yoga studio? Pizza joint?..."

"Before we start planning our next brilliant foray into the global economy, I suggest we first figure out how we're going to pay our local electric bill!"

'Do you realize, this is a land of opportunity?' - 'Yes, anyone can become a tax payer.'

"Five more minutes, I was dreaming our apartment was rent-controlled."

"Hoping to find a Picasso at a garage sale isn't a solid retirement plan."

Burying cash. 'You misunderstand when I said put your money in land.'

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