Future Prize Winner Mugs

'These days my approach is to start with the Booker Prize acceptance speech and work backwards...'

"Google car."

"I'll bet all of Albert Einstein's teachers felt like idiots for giving him bad grades too."

"... And his piano teacher says that he definitely has Van Gough's ear for music."

"I'm trying to create a hologram of myself. If I'm successful, I'll never have to attend school, go to the dentist or go anywhere else that's boring again."

'I know you're looking for a safe investment but have you ever heard of anyone getting wealthy investing in a bank account?'

"Knapsack? It's a solar-powered, bluetooth, Wi-Fi, self-charging, two shoulder GenPak with smartphone charger and GPS."

"He's my school project for science class."

Imagination

'Isn't it time you started thinking about cars instead of horsie rides?'

"To save enough money to buy my lowrider, I figure I need to keep my summer job for...10,734 days."

"Whether they are his first words or not - E.V.'s do not make that sound!"

"Well, I'm just saying, buying me a cheap used car for graduation is not going to teach me responsibility."

'Of course she can talk - She INVENTED talking.'

'I need both hands for steering.'

"This is kindergarten, Mason. You can think outside the box, but you'd better color between the lines."

Comparing lottery odds with bus punctuality.

Young Galileo Galilei.

'My thanks go first to the Nobel Committee for this great honor, and to my son who encouraged me to keep my mind agile with word games, and puzzles.'

Elf of the Month

Yeah, that's mine - My mom puts my name inside my helmet in case it comes off.

'But Marvin, you can't be a college graduate for a living!'

"I think he's going to be a bus driver - he loves cutting things up."

'The E.S.P. phone: "Hi! I'm on the train."

'As a career goal, I'd like to work in government, get the goods on someone, and write a tell-all book.'

'...so until you get your own place - you live by our rules!'

"I didn't learn anything in school today but I'll learn twice as much tomorrow."

Headphone swing

Your mother and I don't think the weekend lacrosse league is a good idea, Teddy. Why not? Too much driving. But I ride the school bus home from practice all week! Exactly! Our favorite mass transit vehicle! I can't wait to get my license!

A Young Indoor Cyclist

"Don't worry, all the politicians are promising that we have a bright future ahead of us..."

Zinzhoff wins Nobel Prize/Creates life in test tube/Or was it in there when he started?

"Hang on - I'll Uber us a school bus."

"Oh I don't think it's as bad as all that. In fact, I think we're in the golden age of something which we won't even realize it's the golden age of until many years from now."

Handing over money.