Savings Maestro Mugs

"We need to cut costs, so I will show good leadership and will not drink champagne for lunch everyday. I will drink Prosecco instead."

"This is not permanent...we'll be back as soon as things start to look up."

Profit

'The prevailing wisdom is that markets are always right. I think that luck is always right.'

'He's so rich, when he writes a cheque the bank bounces.'

Desk plaques: 'Money isn't everything' '...Which makes it no less awesome in my opinion.'

"We need to change, but WHEN?"

'If only I'd spent as much time on my investment portfolio as I did on my lolly mix when I was a kid.'

"I can always tell when Philip is working on family finances. A 'cursor' appears on both sides of the computer screen."

"I'm not happy about what the economists are predicting."

"Basically, your new job here at the Treasury Department implementing the bailout is simple, Grayson, just grab and armful of money and run..."

'When investment bankers give parental advice'

'I think I must be ambidextrous. I can calculate interest with both sides of my brain.'

"I need to increase my salary so I can increase my spending."

'For Harland, the only game in town is the bulls versus the bears...'

"Genius is 1% inspiration, 99% budget allocation."

'Need I tell you the name of the game?'

'Now this is my kind of green!'

Department of efficiency and cost analysis.

U.S. Credit Rating

'And this is my strategic money reserve.'

'I used to work for the Treasury Department, but there's no future in economic forecasts.'

'Howard's doing things he's always wanted to with his redundancy money.'

Early Attempt at Quantitative Easing.

"Tax evasion is like a cancer, it's growing exponentially!"

Bank cashier sits near sign: 'Please do not ask for credit, as refusal often offends'.

Wealth Juggler.

'If we're going to have a banking relationship, you'll have to trust me more than this.'

'Please remember, it's not a lie if it turns a profit.'

US dollar rising and falling.

'Since we all have to believe in something, I thought, 'Why not money?''

'I love it when you talk big bucks, Mr. Williams.'

'One thing about being in the drivers seat -- you pay for the gas.'

'We've gone to profit-sharing. But it's with the IRS.'

Statue of Liberty and the Financial Crisis