Family Business Ponderer Mugs

'You're never going to follow me in my trade, Son - you may as well go to university.'

"Frankly, now that he's an obnoxious teenager, I find it more and more difficult to muster the urge to protect him..."

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

"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."

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

'When do they learn to stand upright?'

'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'!'

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

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

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

"Seventy-seven. How about yours."

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

"Hmmm...impressive CV! Y'know, I have a feeling that you'll go far in this company...."

'My kids don't understand me.'

'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?'

'I handed over my company to my son and he's doing better than I ever did. Unfortunately he's starting school next year...'

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

'Where did we go wrong?'

'It's a terrific family business: We have about 53 staff-members...'

'What a coincidence....that's my mum's name to!'

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

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

'He was raised by sparrows!'

Future Micro MGR.

"Clean your specs, lady?"

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

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