Power Player Gifts

'I agree... He's had a brilliant career trajectory. But a lot of people sure got hurt along the way.'

'Did you notice how he was suddenly interested in our sales pitch when I mentioned a substantial bribe?'

"Don't listen to her - she's a control freak. Now, let me tell you what you're gonna do."

"We want a management buy out - if you'll lend us the money."

Power: 'It's mine and you can't have it.'

"It's not who you know that will help you succeed. It's what you know about who you know, that you can hold over their head."

"I want a bigger slice."

'I'll let you in on a little secret, son: If you're really, REALLY careful, absolute power only corrupts a little bit.'

"Just as your family means a lot to you, Henderson, power means a lot to me.

Bill's new strap-on steer horns helped give him more clout at the office.

"You're on the forty-ninth floor now, Mr. Dowd. Up here, the world no longer revolves around you."

"I own one plane, two yachts, four houses and five politicians."

'Remember Henderson; power corrupts, and absolute power is even nicer.'

Political Science 101: This semester's topics - twisting of facts, manipulation, power-grabbing.

"It's a vice-president thing, Berger. You wouldn't understand."

'I don't want to change. I want all of you to change.'

'I'm interested in a bureaucratic Position...'

'I realize there's more to life than just money - there's status and power, too.'

"They're both type 'A' personalities, so they're deciding who is the 'A+'."

'The only exercise I believe in is the exercise of power.'

"Have I given up too much of my humanity to get to the top?"

Presidential door - Groveling entrance.

"Well now that you all have put in your 2p, I'd like to put in my 52%"

"Fenwick asks the questions other executive staff won't dare."

'Don't ask for mercy, as a refusal often offends!'

"As you can see, Simpson, I'm not the sort of man who's afraid of confrontation...that is you isn't it, Simpson?"

'I don't enjoy being an unreasonable tyrant, Gregg, but it works.'

". . . It's my birthday and only good things will be allowed to happen today."

'I believe in reasoning with my opponents unless I have something on them.'

"I may be a dinosaur, sir, but I am the Tyrannosaurus Rex!"

'You myst blow at least a 2.3 on the 'drunk with power' breathalizer before they'll promote you to upper management.'

Executive with desk-boxes 'get rich' and 'get even'.

"There'll be room at the trough for all of us."

"It helps me stay focused on what matters most."

Monopoly, "You have been made a major media baron- do what the hell you like!"