Idea Meister Mugs

'What I'm looking for in a manager, is the ability to dream large while staying within budget.'

'Williams, we're not used to receiving such excellent ideas as these, so we'd like to tone them down a bit.'

' A good idea '

"Hmmm ... that's interesting. Now, what about ideas that don't suck - do you have any of those?"

Empty box of ideas

Bright idea

"You're a genius, Shaw. This is an idea whose copyright has expired."

"Ideas that jump from noggin when head not yet screwed on."

Blue sky thinking

'Ideas.com' desk with a 'come' tray and a 'gone' tray.

GPC needs to make its new formula foolproof.

A balloon seller is selling thought bubble balloons

Innovation tray covered in ivy.

Boom

Should not have put that suggestion in the suggestion box.'

Elevator Pitch

'Frankly, I'm not sure this whole idea-sharing thing is working.'

Genius

'Okay, let's go over this again: You tell me your great ideas, I repeat them back to you, then you tell me I have a great idea and I get all the credit for it!'

Lateral Thinking - Not Out & Not In trays.

Patents office.

'If we can't come up with better ideas, at least we should have better excuses.'

Businessman with two boxes: 'Innovate' and 'Out of Date'

New Idea

"Actually, I worked my way up from 'ideas'."

"I'm really great thanks. The boss loves my ideas, he says I'm ahead of my time!" "Hi John, how are you? Good meeting?"

"Actually, I worked my way up from ideas and you can too!"

Suggestion and 'outside-the-box' suggestions.

"I'm sorry-you tapped into something no one cares about."

Eureka

'The tests indicate you've been exposed to a new idea.'

'This is a 'million dollar idea', Simms, unfortunately, our debt is two million dollars.'

Turning off the thinking lightbulb at home time.

"In the marketplace of ideas, we may not have the best ideas, but we have the best marketing."

A man stealing another person's ideas