Hopeful Visionary Mugs

'This is a good time to be young, son. Look at all the opportunities you have in front of you...you can help sole the problems of the environment, poverty,civil rights....'

Jester with scratch cards. "I need to win some money to fund my arts project."

"Ambitions... to find fame or fortune or better still, with a little luck, both of them."

'I wish I had a larger piece of the pie in the sky...'

"Someday she'll solve the world's problems."

"Someday you'll see my work in the employee break room at the Met."

"Ambitions... to open an office on Mars. Kennedy Space Center."

I need to set upmy own company.

"I've always wanted an empire of Distance Learning Campuses."

Travellers with a developer: 'I see ski slopes.'

"Gracie, what does a little girl like you wish for? I mean, besides being a doctor, a motivational speaker, a great parent and becoming president?"

DACA

"It looks like we've reached the end of reality..."

"One day she'll be a wonderful architect."

'Where do you see yourself in five years?'

Wishful Thinking Magazine - circulation chart.

"I'm ahead of my time."

"This grade doesn't fit into my five-year plan!"

"The counselor wasn't much help about getting into college. All he said was to study hard and get good grades."

I'm color blind, please help.

"Gee, I just wish I had the words to describe this scene to you fellows back on earth...!"

'I thought I'd put in the details later.'

'This is wonderful. It will help millions of people.'

"My dad's been on my case...he says I should be preparing for my future career. But what kind of training can I get here for a job that's tough, will make tons of money and highlight my incredible bod?"

'I'm afraid we're not authorized to do that, sir.'

"An inflatable dome will allow us to live on other planets."

"I can't wait until we're older so we can get into the cannabis industry. At least then we can make a difference in people's lives."

So tell me, Junior.

"I want an eponymous retail empire when I grow up, Greg. What do you want?"

Nursery Careers Service. Careers teacher tells toddler: 'Astronaut training would give you something to fall back on, if the jungle explorer job fell through.'

"Debit card, no problem. Any cash back?"

Getting ready for spring

Adam with big leaf "In your dreams"

"I don't mind him running his own tech company at his age. However, I wish he would, at least, dress his age."

Danae's Prescient Auto-Biography: '...Danae heard about Mark Twain's autobiography being published 100 years after his death and it gave her an idea to take it a step further...'