Future Fortune Architect Gifts

"You have to think long-term. You can't afford to be old yet."

'Couldn't you just bring a bucket and spade like other children?'

Maximilian could see far away places,but he never told anyone.

'He's going to be an estate agent, just like his Dad.'

Tim Burton

'I'm not motivated by profit, Henderson - I'm motivated by excessive profit.'

Education and Apprenticeships

"Let's fund a world to travel to. With our imagination there's nothing we can't do!"

Look at it this way: You're changing the future of the nation...one diaper at a time!

'I told you to not get Danny that Junior Carpenter set.'

A house being demolished in order to make way for a road widening scheme, with the occupants being evicted.

Baby using model construction system to retrieve jam.

Nest Egg

I don't know … some days it all feels like a big game.

'I don't know how much longer we can keep paying off these building inspectors.'

'Don't turn the page yet - I'm not finished!'

Dispute over pocket money

"This year we'll focus on the road, next year we can focus on building the highrise on the mountain."

'Mystery solved! Someone put the model of the building into the cupboard and the client took the salt cellar.'

"You'll probably have to start at the bottom, son, like the House of Representatives."

"OK, who's the joker?"

Proposed Site for New Three Storey Mirage

"Ha! I didn't become the mayor of Atlantis by listening to a bunch of pesky scientists."

'I agree... He's had a brilliant career trajectory. But a lot of people sure got hurt along the way.'

'This is only 1:100 in scale to what I plan.'

'I was a lawyer for a start-up tech company, taking my pay in stock, and after they went public, I retired at age 26!'

"In 20 years when it's fully grown I'll build you the best tree house ever."

"When I grow up, I want to be a builder."

'I am never going to fill out a prom dress.'

'One day son, all this will be protesters.'

"If only I'd bought Microsoft with it..."

Changing the dream

"Any New Year's resolutions?" "I'm going to do better." "That's a nice sentiment but a little vague. Without a specific benchmark how'll you know you've met it?" "How'll I know I haven't?" "That's oddly logical." "And achievable."

'It's a lot of work building a giant snowman, but we'll appreciate it in July!'

'She always has her own way. She even writes her diary a few days in advance.'