Financial Pragmatist Pillows

"Our light bill is astronomical living next to a black hole."

"Gentlemen, we're missing a great opportunity by not hitching this company to the current tailspin."

'Now that we've defined 'happy deficits' let's try it out on the stockholders.'

"Well, either you're hopelessly optimistic or hopelessly short-sighted."

'How did the 'I want you all to take a pay cut or leave' strategy go down?'

'He's refusing to die as a protest against Inheritance Tax.'

'The recession is over, again.'

'You shouldn't have taken that personal pension.' 'You shouldn't have taken that endowment mortgage.' 'When do you get your free tv license?' Job's comforters, today.

"Well, Comstock, still regret putting our profits back into research?"

"At these tuition prices an acceptance letter is pretty much a denial."

"Ahh... don't you just LOVE that new, re-organized-under-bankruptcy-protection smell?"

'Are we broke yet?'

"I just..."

"Genius is 1% inspiration, 99% budget allocation."

Drive-thru Church

Woman at a desk with in out boxes marked Market Up Market Down.

'It's a zen diaphragm.'

'I'd put it on the back burner, but the stove's been repossessed.'

"It's going to require a great deal of money."

"You will be visited by three ghosts - the Ghost of Porfolios Past, The Ghost of Present Positions and the Ghost of Commodities Future."

'We're a non-profit organisation. We didn't plan it that way, but that's how it worked out.'

An Everyday Explanation of the Federal Budget.

'The market shifted on me.'

'Looks like we'll have to break into the piggy bank to find our endowment funding.'

The IRS emptied my pouch.

"Let's use the dog's prescription. His refills are cheaper."

'I use my Blackberry all the time to check the competition's executive bonuses.'

Davos.

Reverse Mortgage.

"Unfortunately the first thing they cut was the stationery budget..."

'I can't talk right now. I'm discussing strategy with our financial director.'

"I can't imagine how things could get any worse."

"There's no need for your kitty to be envious. After state and federal taxes and legal administrative fees, Chessy's share of Aunt Martha's estate came to hardly anything."

'Mr. 'You can't be too over-weighted in tech stocks', meet Mr. 'You can't be too over-weighted in bio-tech'.'