Growing Up Gurus Gifts

'He's beginning to notice girls.'

"Great! We're still going up! Chop a hole in the ceiling!"

"#Win!"

'Believe me, I know transformation isn't easy. I pulled a muscle once.'

"Your momma lied to you, boy."

"Now I'll demonstrate how, with a minimum of capital investment, you can make a mountain out of a molehill!"

"Mom, please! I'm a married woman whose friends have been reviewed favourably by the New York Times."

"It seems like only yesterday that Dad told me I'll be an adult before I know it."

'You know they've reached puberty when they're more interested in Dr. Ruth than Babe Ruth.'

"Young man, go to your room and stay there until your cerebral cortex matures."

'Mind how you cross the ocean.'

'Okay mum, I'll eat it all up. But I doubt I'll grow big and strong on this muck!'

If a moo can rise to the top, so can I.

'When I turned 18 something started happening to me every month. I started receiving a credit card bill.'

"Mom said eat everything in moderation, so I renamed the cookie jar 'Moderation.'"

'Dad, I know all about the birds and the bees; explain stock-swaps and derivatives.'

'Son, the world is ripe for the taking ... you better stay home with me.'

"For my next trick, I shall turn four consecutive quarters of losses into a positive outlook going forward."

'Wow Dad, I'm growing fast: Soon, my tongue will be as long as yours...'

"You used to be a lot more fun."

"Doc, you'll be glad to know I'm comfortable in my own skin today. I shed my old in the reception room."

"As it's your birthday, would you like to go in the Big Chair?"

"These are magic beans, my boy. Their value comes from growth and scale, not revenue."

'I can change! I swear!'

"Not until you've arranged your pillows."

Teamwork: Innovation, Success, Evaluation, Development, Growth, Solution, Progess, Market.

"You give the tooth fairy your teeth, and she gives you some money. It's called reverse mortgage."

All I want for Christmas is a modest recovery in the GDP, along with expectations that the year-over-year growth rate will significantly improve in 2014.'

"The time has come to talk of many things; of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of double-entry bookkeeping, too."

'We think he has a future in politics.'

"Look, you're the one who asked me for some girl advice."

'I think you're ready for the big chair...'

"I plan on keeping this off my resume!"

'And this chart shows our rate of growth.'