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.'

'You know the economy's in trouble when the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans only has 350 names on it.'

"We need to change, but WHEN?"

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

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

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

'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."

Department of efficiency and cost analysis.

'Now this is my kind of green!'

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

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

U.S. Credit Rating

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

'And this is my strategic money reserve.'

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

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

Early Attempt at Quantitative Easing.

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.'

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

US dollar rising and falling.

Counting dollars

Statue of Liberty and the Financial Crisis

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