Diamond Executives Gifts

"This one says he's his company's lead-off man."

Spot the difference.

(oil - petroleum - gushing out of inkwell)

'The good news is we're projecting a profit. The bad news is none of us will be alive then.'

"And we will absolutely start lending again as soon as we finish building our debtors' prison."

"He's got great velocity but his trajectory needs work."

'I have everything a man could want - But I've still managed to hang onto my petty ambitions.'

"To join OPEC you must be a country and filthy rich in oil."

'If I'd had someone to help me when I started, I might have made CEO...actually, I did make CEO, but you know what I mean.'

Ethanol and foreign oil.

'I just happened to be in the right place at the right time to make CEO.'

Brian, I hope you're taking this seriously.

'You're proposing to me with, cubic zirconias?... But, you're a diamond dealer!'

Terrorism premium on every barrel of oil.

' Of course I didn't just marry you for your money dear.There was also your house in France,the Rolls Royce,your mother's diamonds...'

Saudi Arabian oil attacks increase price

"Is there any way we can skip right to adulthood and start being in charge?"

Spare a few billion

'Probably to put in his tank!'

"I just sold my entire back catalogue of songs for $185 million."

"When you said you were high up in the the music business..."

Another Rogue Trader

'Welcome to the Business Ethics course. Today we're going to start with the basics.'

Eye-catching Diamond rings.

'The music business.'

"That one, too. They all look like big bags of money."

If John Lennon had gone into strategic management.

'Sir, we've drilled so deep this time that we've reached Arab oil.'

'The game went into extra innings.'

"Don't like your present? Fine. Give it to me - I'll wear the diamond earrings."

"Gentlemen, we are going to have to think outside the bauxite."

"And now, with the projected sales figures..."

'Our new director is also a choir director. He will lead us in singing our company fight song.'

'This guy is recording our singing, but I can't see us getting royalties any time soon...'

"Face it, Larry. We're small fish and des Moines isn't that big a pond."