Management Moguls Mugs

The new boss brought a sense of urgency.

"And need I remind you, the 'art of the deal' is the lifeblood of this company."

'We invest so much money in training staff...it's a mystery to me why businesses would risk losing them.'

Golly, �1m a year isn't too much. I don't know why your shareholders don't understand you.

'There's good news and bad news, J. B. - we now control 51% of this corporation's stock!'

Apart from your mother, who else thinks you're doing a good job as Chairman of the company?

'We're under capitalized. As soon as we reach the break even point we'll buy a lemon.'

Team Leader

'Don't worry. No one else knows what they are doing either.'

LEMONADE 50 CENTS, 'I'm only seven years old -- I don't HAVE a credit rating yet!'

'Now then - I just wanted to see how you handle pressure, Mr. Boyle.'

'Jimmy Chang gets his allowance in Yuan, and his parents let him buy and sell precious metals...'

'Kroft, Kroft, Kroft...to thine own demographic be true!'

"My best managerial trait is that I dig for answers until I get them between my teeth. My worst trait is that sometimes I bury them."

"And we will absolutely start lending again as soon as we finish building our debtors' prison."

"He thought this would illustrate the company hierarchy more clearly than the organizational chart."

'It's crunch time, Caldwell. That's the time between when you're born, and when you make your first million.'

'Call the boss! We're in trouble!'

"Unless one is a humorist, Haskins. One should avoid attempts at humor."

'Stocks were up on news that no performance enhancing drugs were used to achieve today's highs. . .'

'So, gentlemen, how's the dollar trading against the immortal soul, today?'

"I always try to give out at least one genuine compliment per day. I don't always succeed."

'Dog eat dog.'

'Mr. Dunbarter, your fantasy that 'greed is good' may be a case of economic insanity.'

Whack-a-mole CEO.

"I can't sit down. Don't you remember? I worked my butt off for you."

'Ask yourself, 'What is it I'm not doing?', and then ask yourself, 'What is it I'm doing too much?'.'

'I'm looking for an assistant who knows my job, can do my job, but has no interest in having my job.'

'...And for the low visibility positions we can bring people on board who can, you know...do things.'

"What's on my schedule today, Fred?"

"Did you hear that that bastard McMinney has buggered of to work for Bank of America!"

'You can't put him out to pasture - he owns the pasture!'

"Leadership ISN'T just about trying to be BETTER than everyone else!"

'I like to greet the new team members myself.'

'Of course, the toll on my personal life has been enormous.'