Family Business Hopeful Gifts

'My son decided to join the firm. You have six months to shape him into executive timber.'

'Well, now that I know he's the owner's son, yes, he's the best damned wine steward I've ever seen.'

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

'Investment charts can be complicated, son, but that usually means, 'bonuses'.'

"My family has been fishing these waters for nearly 40 years. . ."

"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.'

John W. Law., John W. Law Jr., Robert Law, Janet Law, Attorneys at Law

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

'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!'

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

'I'm going to teach you the value of a dollar invested.'

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

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

'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!"

"Ma didn't want to leave out anyone."

"...and remember son. Don't let anybody push you around!"

It's not a figure of speech - this is the corporate ladder.

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

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

'Someday, Son, this will all be your problem.'

'Of course, we're family-owned & operated in India.'

'Where did we go wrong?'

'What do you mean you don't want to be a model? Just what do you plan to do with the rest of your life?'

'Someday, son, all this will be yours...' 'In the meantime...'

'There's no need for you to state your opinion, son. Just lipsynching mine will do fine.'

"Now pay attention when mother is speaking, Hubert!"

"I brought you up here today, son, because I wanted you to get a feel for the scope of this damned thing."

"Clean your specs, lady?"

'Someday, Son, all of this will be yo....!'

"This is a family operation, Ben, and we're evicting you from our family."