Lost But Hopeful Gifts

'Are you sure that's the right map?'

'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....'

"Follow that dream!" (man boarding taxi)

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

Inbox and Outbox

'Financial suicide hotline. How may I help you?'

Cup half full

'Optimism is the key to success. Inside every fat chance, there's a slim chance trying to get out.''

Wishing Well 10c. . . Second Wish Free

Employment Office.

'Don't give up hope, Steve -- they may decided to relocate a football franchise here!'

'Before you came along I was beginning to forget what a woman looked like!'

Graduation Day 2020

'I'm sorry, but I don't know where 'this is'. I, too, am a stranger here.'

I love the optimism on new year's day! Yeah, breaking the seal on a new year is link unpacking a new gadget. It's all shiny and it seems like in some way, big or small, your life is going to get better

'She's waiting for her ship to come in, and I'm waiting for the cows to come home!'

"I'd like to announce my candidacy for President of the United States."

Lottery Here. Don't you know the lottery is a tax on people who are bad at math? Yes, but we're hoping for a huge tax refund.

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

"I can help you with stock downturns. I'm the blueprint of irrational exuberance."

'Give up everything except hope.'

You are Nowhere.

Waiting...

'Typical!'

"I think next year things will really be different."

Desert Crawler

Man using lotto ticket as motivation.

'Do you need help landing your fish Hayes? ... Hayes?'

"Star light star bright please let me wake up tomorrow and be a cat so I can sleep more and won't get my heart broken so much."

'Due to the fact I'm hopelessly lost, I'm willing to waive the rule against talking to strangers.'

Snorting lines of the road on the way to rehab.

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

"For what it's worth, I don't have sore feet anymore."

"Well, at least things can't get any worse..."

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