Profit Seeker Pillows

"Son, you're old enough now for The Talk: everything you need to know about compound interest."

"I can't sleep. I just got this incredible craving for capital."

'This is a 'placebo' line. It serves no purpose but it makes us feel good.'

"We're changing our sales plan. From now on, instead of trying to get lots of customers, we're going to find just one really,really rich person to buy a whole lot of stuff."

'Shall we allow a near-term consideration of 'ethics' to lower profit margins? . . . . I think we're better than that!'

'It's a win-win, but a win-win-win would be better.'

'Don't turn the page yet - I'm not finished!'

"And so, while the end-of-the-world scenario will be rife with unimaginable horrors, we believe that the pre-end period will be filled with unprecedented opportunities for profit."

'My problem is, I lost my first million before I made my first million.'

"Remember, Garvey, cash is queen."

Risk management

Business Outlook

'Frankly, I'm a little concerned.'

'The secret to staying in business, Wilson, is making something that's needed. Profit!'

'I give you the city, Fuller. Go out there and sell!'

Promoting business growth.

"I'll take that one."

Have you hugged your money today?

"Our mission statement is being changed, from 'Getting Funding,' to 'Making a Profit'."

Wearing a sales chart as a name badge.

'Is it just me or does anyone else smell money?'

Men placing an advertisement in search of a naive investor

'You're my economic advisor. What'll I do?'

"That 'give it away free' strategy certainly worked well."

"Mr. Talbot, our idea of 'going green' is buying stocks that pay a big dividend."

"It's been a great year - let's hope we can keep the shareholders from finding out."

'I took my money out of the bank and put it into municipal bonds...'

'Dammit - how do we get in on that gross national product?'

'I must admit that I've made a lot of other people's money in my time.'

"In this business it helps to have a bit of luck, you know, say 2 million dollars."

'Does anyone see a reason why this new market strategy shouldn't move forward?...It's more an illegal scheme than a strategy, not to mention awfully immoral...in other words, blah blah blah windfall profits blah...'

"And this all happened in the last week..."

'Dow 17,000 and you've got a deal!'

"There's gotta be a way to make money off this."

"I still can't get used to the idea that there's nothing to buy or sell here."