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The Businessmen Have to Make Decisions from Many Options

"We need to make some cuts. We'll start with integrity, accountability, openness, and transparency."

'Shhhh. Fido inherited seventy percent of this company.'

'We're finding out that those 'wrongs' we made 'right' were actually right after all.'

"You're a genius, Shaw. This is an idea whose copyright has expired."

"Some day, son, all this will be yours. ... Actually, you know what? You can have it now."

'When training my son, keep him totally ignorant. I'm grooming him to be VP in-charge-of -denials.'

"And this is my junior partner, my son, Ira."

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'If two wrongs don't make a right...try three.'

'This wasn't what I meant by viral marketing...but if you can get it to work.'

'In the interest of spending more time with my children, I've put Bobby and Emily in charge of corporate strategy.'

'Don't worry, Dad. I'm going to turn this company around 360 degrees!'

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'I begin to question whether this startup ever had venture capital.'

'He spoke his first words today Serge - 'ello. . . ello. . . ello'!'

"We're to stop talking about 'budget cuts'. Apparently it's depressing for staff and clients..."

If business gets any worse I'll have to start laying off relatives.

"I'm not only a Guardian Angel, I'm also an expert at turnarounds."

"Anything goes today: I want this to be a free and open discussion of my entrenched positions."

"You work for the family business, and I am your father, not the patriarchal oppressor..."

'You'll get a promotion when hell freezes over.'

'Someday, son, 50 of this will belong to your ex-wife,'

"This is what happens when a family business doesn't have a succession plan!"

'Remember, Henderson - Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish and you've sacrificed your leverage.'

The Great Divide.

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"Year after year we sit here quietly raising eyebrows, son."

"If a tree falls in the forest and no-one hears it.".... "Then your illegal logging business is a success."

"I'm Action Plan Man. Good luck finding someone to impliment it."

'Someday, son...all this will be Mine.'

"We only invest in companies that still exist a year after running a Super Bowl ad."