Power Play Ponderers Gifts

Depending on somebody else to do something right phobia: 'You mean nobody knows where they put the fuse box?'

"Can I savor this for a few moments? The ball's never been in my court before!"

Career Choices

Nails pinning down the hammer that usually strikes them.

'The organizational structure is pretty simple: We do the work; they take the credit.'

'As meetings go that was one of my better ones!'

"Of course, when I say we the people I mean I the people."

'At least I don't have his life.'

"Events seem to be headed in the right direction. Unfortunately, it's not taking me with it."

'There must be some way we can capitalize on that damn boson.'

"Think outside the box but never forget who owns the box."

Frog Baby Names

'We'll skip that rubbish.'

"That would've gone better if I'd gotten here with my gift list instead of my spelling list."

"May I remind you that I'm still in charge here, Baskin. And when I say, 'Jump,' you say, 'How many floors.'"

'Mummy, what's a daddy one of those called?'

'If Aunt Arctica is on the bottom of the world, does that mean Uncle Artica is on top of the world?'

'What we must decide is if there is an accidental nuclear explosion which wipes out this entire part of the country, do we pass the cost on to the consumer?'

Fingers

'We could use more moving and shaking from you, Yomp, and less bobbing and weaving.'

'...if you look at it in the right way it begins to make sense.'

The Loneliness of Power

A man about to plug in a lamp looks at electric sockets on the wall that say 'Solar,' 'Hydro Electric' and 'Nuclear.'

"I've finally learned not to measure my worth by how many employees I have."

'You're under my supervision now, principal Hodgkins!'

"You can't tell me what to do! You're not my wife!"

"My biggest fear is being judged fairly by history."

"It's hard to strike just the right balance. I didn't have enough fire in the belly for politics, but I seem to have too much for market research."

"Either it's some psychological ploy to make us feel inferior or his haemorrhoids are back."

"When I said 'any questions?' I was using only a figure of speech."

"You know damn well that E-on wrote to us months ago, and what did you do? Precisely nothing!"

'Must be a nuclear power plant nearby.'

'- and since when have Kings beaten Queens in THIS house?'