Idealistic Professional Gifts

"But dear, after discussing the company's lofty ideals and goals, it seemed petty to discuss my salary."

Child protects planet with umbrella.

Public footpath on a desert island.

'It's the boss! Everyone look mellow!'

'Idealist'

"We're still trying to sort out the details."

'No, please, go on. It's so refreshing to talk to someone with an entirely different point of view.'

"...I thought I was too smart, too idealistic to end up this way, but LOOK at me! I've become an entrenched bureaucrat!"

"When I grow up I'm going to become president and I'm going to abolish homework!"

Biblical Teenager

'I want to go into farming,sir the idea of sowing wild oats sounds fascinating!'

"Students always think that they're going to change the world..."

'Cute girl from philosophy. . . BBQ at Dave's. I wonder if she's going?. . . Flat meeting to talk about me not doing my share.'

A hippie saying "Peace"

"Let's run away and make a new life for ourselves filled with completely different problems."

"The world needs revolutionaries...people who challenge the system, who question authority, who aren't afraid to say, 'I won't take anymore!'"

Non-profit organization chart

"These days people focus too much on what the job might pay....but what price can you put on 'job satisfaction', on 'commitment'...on 'loyalty'?"

"You know what I think, folks? Improving technology isn't important. Increased profits aren't important. What's important is to be warm, decent human beings."

Sad Statue of Liberty

"Sometimes I think the country would be better if I ran things!"

'Well, he always said he wanted the biggest damn desk in the city.'

Recycling: Hopes and Dreams

"I deal. Therefore I am an idealist."

"I'm not angry with you, I'm angry with life!"

Democrats: Dreaming of doing good works.

'Bob, give it up. It's just crazy pipe dreams.'

'I begged, I pleased with him. I told him he'd be wasting his life. Why would he want to open himself up to public vilification? A life of virtual poverty, of shattered dreams!'

'Look - decide. Are you going to launch an attack on tradition, or make a few bob?'

'Actually, with bachelor's degrees in philosophy, we were lucky to get even THIS job.'

Clancy: Exception to the rule