Family Business Succession Gifts

"One day son, all this will probably belong to some little floozy you'll marry."

"One day, son, all these skyscrapers that we built for no reason and lie empty will be yours."

"Someday, my dimwitted son, all this will belong to your sister."

"One day, my boy, all this will be retirement homes."

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

"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.'

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

'Son, someday this will all be yours. Or Wal-Mart's. Whoever pays Daddy the most.'

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

"Someday this will all be yours...assuming that someday you'll have enough to buy it from me."

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

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

Tree's Tree Nursery. Get this. Dad is selling those goofy upside-down tomato planters. What idiot would buy them? Thanks! I'll let you know how it works! My idiotic bio teacher.

'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!"

'Someday son, all this will be yours to argue with the Environmental Protection Agency over.'

"No, Dad. All this belongs to me right now. I acquired it in a hostile takeover."

'before you say 'all this will be yours', I don't want it.'

'Son I want you to Follow in My Footsteps.'

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

"One day this will all be yours to sell off to the highest bidder."

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

"I told you all this would be yours someday, son, and today is that day."

"Son when I'm gone, all this will be yours!"

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

'One day, this will all be your fault.'

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

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

'Where did we go wrong?'

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

'Someday, son, this will all be yours...to give to the IRS, thanks to the back taxes I owe.'

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