Political Mavericks Gifts

Estranged Thanksgiving Tables Throughout The Years

Employee won't think about work outside of box

A man peddles U.S. flags on the sidewalk, next to a man peddling copies of the U.S. constitution

"Delegating authority is good. Delegating blame is better."

'At Tesmer holdings, we don't break the rules! We change them!'

'As I see it, our choices are 'no' and 'hell no'.'

'I want ideas so bold, so wildly innovative, so undeniably brilliant that they retain a shred of originality after everyone picks them to pieces.'

'I sometimes wonder if these endless meetings accomplish anything.'

Anti-war libra.

"He's not sleeping. He always dims his display while downloading data."

"The only good news this year, gentlemen, is our massive bonuses."

'Can't he ever use a different kind of chart?'

Targets.

'I sort of thought your presentation was going to be in powerpoint.'

"Every now and then, I find myself in a room filled with people who are wrong."

"Since I am chairman, it behooves me to go first. 'What I Did Over My Summer Vacation,' by Wilson Rupert Hewes."

'Excellent job, Fenwick, especially the part where you employ Magic Realism to fudge third-quarter earnings!'

"...Accept finite disappointment, but NEVER LOSE INFINITE HOPE."

'Who wants the talking stick?'

'It's the moral highground occupation force.'

"We must kill this initiative, so let's mainstream it."

"I liked it better when you used gobbledygook."

"Who ordered the bravest tuna on all the seven seas, anointed with the spice of faraway lands, on wheat toast?"

"Anything goes today: I want this to be a free and open discussion of my entrenched positions."

' Of course there isn't one law for the rich and another for the poor..There's only one impartial law. For all who can afford it.'

Trump returns home

'And I say he makes us look bad when he rides around listening to those books.'

"The result of our last meeting are impressive: 3 completely solved crossword puzzles, 7 battleship matches, 5 shopping lists, and 26 really funny doodles."

Doves of peace trapped within the statue of liberty.

Footing The Bill

'I say we try it.'

'I told you, if the LA branch steals our thunder, there is no more dialogue.'

'What if we televise government budget hearings and make them pay-per-view?'

Management Speak - reading between the lines: "This new role would involve some extra responsibilities." "He wants me too work twice as hard."

'Beasley, you're a good communicator, look down the table and make eye contact for me!'