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Standard & Poor

Desk plaques: 'Money isn't everything' '...Which makes it no less awesome in my opinion.'

Economic Outlook Conference - 'Remember the seating is optimist, pessimist, optimist,...'

"We're counting on you to reverse this trend before this afternoon's investors meeting."

"The Gross National Product and the Gross Domestic Product are doing okay. It's the Gross Domestic Mojo that's going down the toilet."

Re-Tooling Costs - "Could you be a little more precise than umpteen million?"

"I feel I'm doing fine. My sense of net worth is way up this quarter."

'All I know is when it's the 'birds and bees' it's about sex; and when it's the 'bulls and bears' it's about money.'

'Globalsiation risky? How d'you mean?'

'Enter, His Royal Globalness...'

Early attempts at standardising currency.

". . . We're being sucked into the UK national debt!"

"Wash your hands after handling these, Miss Utley -- They're toxic securities."

"Those eco-terrorists are going to cost us a FORTUNE!!"

A collective sigh of relief.

Offshore tax havens.

"Thanks to my cost-cutting policies, profits are up 59%."

'I'm being denied access to the Warren Buffett within me.'

'The Dow has shot up 2.5% on positive data on housing - until five minutes from now, when it'll be interpreted differently.'

Money down the drain.

"The markets seem to be a little jittery this morning."

Electricity Bills

'Ms. Clayton, we're counting on you to reverse this trend...'

'What did the fund manager say to the investment advisor?'

"Goodbye cruel world."

Famous Pieces of Paper

"The government's finance settlement is coming out really late this year!"

"Whoops! There go those darned interest rates again!"

A Second Stimulus is Coming,

Sold in May and went away.

'I exercise to stay healthy so I can keep working to pay for health insurance until I drop dead.'

"In the land of toast the butter is spread very thin."

'I'm an economist, but I try not to take myself too seriously.'