Proactive Thinkers Gifts

'Forget about building a web and waiting: Let's be proactive!'

"Tonight! Author book signing." "Develop your inner raging bitch."

"Personally, I'm a doer."

'I don't know if money grows on trees, son. I know it doesn't grow in fields.'

Miniature Design Shop: Think Small.

"It's really important to me, as an artist, to make you feel like drinking more than usual so I get hired back."

'You need to ask yourself, Am I a pecan or a pecan't?'

Jimmy had a very active imagination.

Lawyer's secretary has in boxes labeled: Before the Fact and After the Fact.

'That's what I like about you Roberts, you're not afraid to get out there and take a risk.'

Workers are running out of one door labeled 'Reactive Business Intelligence,' while another worker in the next room sits calmly behind a door with a sign that reads, 'Proactive Business Intelligence.'

'We're looking for a CEO who would be willing to take the rap.'

I don't do wishbones. I do just-make-it-happen bones.

The Clinton Campaign, post-mid-September

Platitudes for the hopelessly realistic. When life gives you lemons, get a gift receipt.

George Santayana

GDP and G&T.

'Thanks, but no. It just doesn't add up.'

"I call it the The Power of Positive Pessimism. Knowing full well that most of the things I try almost always end in disaster, yet somehow finding enjoyment in every step of the process. It works for me!"

"Those taxpayers are real extremists."

'No, please, go on. It's so refreshing to talk to someone with an entirely different point of view.'

'I inherited therefore I am'

"We should take life one step at a time." "OK, but not right now...there's some dogs do-do right in front of us!"

"I changed my mind about eloping with you, Billy....my mother didn't fix broccoli for dinner after all!"

Smart people learn from experience - other peoples'.

'When you grow up, son, you can be whatever you want -- a doctor or a lawyer.'

Half full. Optimist. Half empty. Pessimist. Pragmatist.

"I wasn't smart enough for college. So instead of a diploma and a quarter million of debt all I've got is a growing plumbing business and a steady income."

Road Guilt

"An ounce of prevention." "This way we don't need to raise as much."

The Limits of Satire

"The main, unchangeable principal that I use in life is to be pragmatic."

"Kids and grand kids squared away forever ago. All set with money. No energy for a whole court thing. So-o-o... maybe you just die?" "Whatever makes you happy, sweet cheeks."

"O.K., you told me so. May I continue."

Not Such A Fool As He Looks.