Running Family Business Gifts

'Some day son, this will all be yours...unless I get soft and leave it to charity.'

'Well, now that I know he's the owner's son, yes, he's the best damned wine steward I've ever seen.'

'Shhhh. Fido inherited seventy percent of this company.'

'Investment charts can be complicated, son, but that usually means, 'bonuses'.'

"My family has been fishing these waters for nearly 40 years. . ."

"Some day, son, all this will be yours. ... Actually, you know what? You can have it now."

'When training my son, keep him totally ignorant. I'm grooming him to be VP in-charge-of -denials.'

John W. Law., John W. Law Jr., Robert Law, Janet Law, Attorneys at Law

"And this is my junior partner, my son, Ira."

'In the interest of spending more time with my children, I've put Bobby and Emily in charge of corporate strategy.'

'Don't worry, Dad. I'm going to turn this company around 360 degrees!'

'Son, someday this will all be yours. Or Wal-Mart's. Whoever pays Daddy the most.'

'I'm going to teach you the value of a dollar invested.'

If business gets any worse I'll have to start laying off relatives.

'He spoke his first words today Serge - 'ello. . . ello. . . ello'!'

"You work for the family business, and I am your father, not the patriarchal oppressor..."

Tree's Tree Nursery. Get this. Dad is selling those goofy upside-down tomato planters. What idiot would buy them? Thanks! I'll let you know how it works! My idiotic bio teacher.

'Someday, son, 50 of this will belong to your ex-wife,'

"This is what happens when a family business doesn't have a succession plan!"

"Ma didn't want to leave out anyone."

'Someday, son...all this will be Mine.'

It's not a figure of speech - this is the corporate ladder.

"...and remember son. Don't let anybody push you around!"

"I told you all this would be yours someday, son, and today is that day."

"Year after year we sit here quietly raising eyebrows, son."

"No, Dad. All this belongs to me right now. I acquired it in a hostile takeover."

"One day this will all be yours to sell off to the highest bidder."

'before you say 'all this will be yours', I don't want it.'

'One day, this will all be your fault.'

'Someday, Son, this will all be your problem.'

'What do you mean you don't want to be a model? Just what do you plan to do with the rest of your life?'

'Where did we go wrong?'

'I handed over my company to my son and he's doing better than I ever did. Unfortunately he's starting school next year...'

'Of course, we're family-owned & operated in India.'

'There's no need for you to state your opinion, son. Just lipsynching mine will do fine.'