Grade Seeker Gifts

"It could be a false negative Maybe I should take the test again."

Butterfly Woman

I should be a writer when I grow up...

"Can you change this quiz grade from an A to a C? I like to keep expectations low until I blow my parents' mind by acing the final exam."

"I wish I had her jewelry." "I wish I had his wife." "I wish I had her figure." "I wish I had his money."

'I appreciate how you feel, but I'm afraid your report card isn't grounds for defamation of character.

"Biff's old money, Angelo is new money and Boris is funny money."

"It's not fair! I only got 100 on my English test!"

Soaring Profits

"No, I'm not really a CEO. I just like to keep up with the Joneses."

I'm looking forward tot he day we can afford some real statues for this place.

"I can remember when having a '212' phone number still meant something in this world."

"So the secret to getting good grades is to study hard...seems a little extreme!"

Big Shot/Bigger Shot.

'But this is what you demanded; a corner office with Windows.'

'I have everything a man could want - But I've still managed to hang onto my petty ambitions.'

"I got an 'A' - and all my research was from infomercials."

"My wife has always encouraged me... ...to quit this stupid dream and get a real job." ... "You have a wife?"

How did you get your parents to send you to Costa Rica this summer, Ingrid? By almost flunking Spanish. That's dire. Hardly! I'll party and practice my accent. Next year�remind me to bring my French grade down. Si!

'I chose my field on what would put the most impressive initials after my name.'

"You've changed."

'I got and 'E' in spelling.' - 'That is an 'F'.'

'Thirty years in academia and all I got was this chair.'

Give up all my possessions? Did I say Buddhist? I meant Boatist. I'm a boatist.

"Only three hundred and sixty-seven followers? Maria's not an asset to the abbey."

"Does this desk make my job look big?"

"I hear you've got friends in high places...?"

Interning in D.C. Volunteering in Seattle. Trekking in Nepal. Lucky ducks! I'm stuck here working 2 jobs! Wow! You're getting paid?!! Who knew? Employment is this summer's must-have status symbol. Some parents envy you.

"You like it? It’s from the MoMA Store!"

'Can you believe it, Harkins? Out of all those offices, not one person is more important than I am.'

Examiners.

"Wow! I knew you were rich, but I didn't know you were that rich!"

"I see you got an A+++ in science."

Change, Change, Change, Change.

"Brooklyn is the Manhattan of the other boroughs."