Pressure Player Gifts

'Please sign the contract only if you're deeply convinced. I don't want to put pressure on you. Don't think of what I could tell your wife about you and your secretary.'

"Gotta go."

"I always put things off until the last minute."

'I thought you said he works well under pressure.'

'Ring around the rosey ...'

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

"Well, ordinary men have colleagues. Successful men have victims."

The president's men

A small snooker player chalking his cue.

'When I grow up, I'm either going to be an authority figure or an unimpeachable source.'

"What if he's bluffing? What if he's not? What if the room just gets too hot?"

"Mr Frimley will see you now."

"Can you change this quiz grade from an A to a C? I like to keep expectations low until I blow my parents' mind by acing the final exam."

News Internecine: Murdoch succession battle

And here's the office floor plan. The numbers indicate the recommended sequence in which to step on people on your way to the top.

"I never accomplish the impossible, if I did it would become an expectation."

Danger Slow Sand.

'In my rise to the tip I was always aware of a higher power - now I feel I'm ready to take it on.'

'He's ruthless and greedy... so let's make sure he's on our side.'

Alphabet soup gets cold for slow readers.

"Today I came across antiderenuclearizationalityness."

'Remember - Reilly's Chairman of the Board, but Henderson's the Alpha male.'

Senior Partner works at a desk, sign on wall behind her says 'Ms. Davis senior partner - formerly: 'Hey You'.

A king and his paperwork.

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

Multimedia-Conglomerate-Tasking

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

'I'm moving up to be Chairperson of the Board. One of you will be President.'

"I think your idea of stress relief is drastic!"

"People just don't realise how stressful this job is. . . I used to have hair!"

"Sure I can make that deadline."

"Granberry, you're about to suffer a near-death experience!"

Ernesto Valverde Tejedor

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

'Should-do and shouldn't-do sound a lot alike.'