Pitching An Idea Pillows

"Your idea is strong. Really strong. But I've gotta ask myself, is it too much espresso for a decaf world?"

"It may very well be America's favorite comfort food, but nobody is gonna buy a grilled cheese poncho."

'You forget, I'm a blackbelt in powerpoint.'

"These projections don't make sparkles shoot out my ass."

'I think you are taking this elevator pitch way too literally'.

"Good" "Bad" "Work on it" "Keep working - maybe it's not as bad as you think it is" "Put it to a committee" "Give up" "Make it worse" "Make it better" "Still a bad idea" "Overthink it" "Throw yourself into a pit of wild badgers" "Throw it away" "Call it done" "Sigh."

What can I do? He says it's his thinking cap.

'Ah, Galagher, we made good use of your proposal.'

"Great plan. Could we get some more details?"

Blue sky thinking

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

Bobby's pitching coach told him to put some stank on the ball.

'I know it's a bit unusual, but that's where he gets all the best ideas.'

'Truth is fine, but I really need marketable ideas.'

"That's a very difficult problem to address, Ted, could you restate it as a solution?"

' A new idea '

Brainstorm in progress.

Change Management: Change can be ruf.

'-and the ceremony,dearest,your place or mine?'

"The margin of error is plus or minus one hundred percent."

'I know, we'll lead off the presentation with me telling an incredibly long and seemingly pointless anecdote about the time I burned my finger while lighting the back yard grill...'

New Idea

"My first love is the theatre, of course, but you're right up there."

"It's a beautiful ring. She'll definitely pause for a moment before saying no."

'Obviously, for Ben's proposal to really take off, he'll need a longer runway than our little company can provide!'

"We appreciate your insights Norman but the firm has reached the stage where we need actual ideas."

"I propose we go with the second option."

"Are we afraid of a little competition? Based on the figures, absolutely."

'I take it we won the business, then?'

Older than Nolan Ryan and still pitching

Creative Director skipping through an advertising portfolio.

"O.K., Chief! Hang on to your socks!"

'You certainly picked your moment to propose!'

"The word you're searching for is 'wife.' "

"Wow! That's a mean curveball."