Shrewd Strategist Mugs

'We've got to get our clients to think of long term investments. By long term, I mean until we retire.'

'I've decided to centralize my operations. Everything will be in my ipad.'

'How do you like my fantasy weekend so far?'

"So what's this special distracting tactic you've developed?"

'She'll never look for me here.'

'Tomorrow's special is fish, so wear the flounder suit.'

'You both know the rules -- walk 1 paces, turn, and tee off on each other.'

A cat is hiding in a block of cheese to lure a mouse out of its hole.

"Or we could raise your profile by coming out with that pimple on the end of your nose."

"This connect the dots is taking FOREVER!"

'See here, Flanigan ? what's this I hear about you going over my head to the computer?'

'This will be tough. The parents can handle Bs and Cs, but I really gotta spin this D in math.'

"This is a fast-paced job you're applying for...what are your goals...where do you see yourself in the next 10 minutes?"

'It works all the time: Light a candle and dinner comes to you...'

"My favorite tea: hot daffodil-infused chamomile with a hint of whiskey. Are you serious? Of course I'm serious! I've been dosing myself with small quantities of poisonous daffodil ever since 1931. You have to build up an immunity if you want to survive in the cutthroat world of Scrabble tournaments."

'I am constantly diversifying my toy portfolio.'

"My mommy suggested I try a different advertising approach."

"It's a long-term strategy to make them lazy and complacent first."

"Game of checkers? Okay, but I'm watching every move you make."

Noughts and crosses hugging and kissing.

"Saturn. No contest. A deadly, treacherous gas giant ringed by a gossamer halo of ice. It symbolizes both death and life. Both evil and good. It symbolizes existence itself."

"And when conventional theories don't work, we've got Charnier here to do us a spot of voodoo marketing."

"Sir, your new campaign manager is here."

"All this is mine now! I had my lawyers declare you incompetent!"

'I'd add 'UK' to your name and do it in big red letters...that'll be £15,000.'

Success

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'If you know what's good for you Allan, you'll let me pass.'

"I crunched the numbers until cautiously opportunistic."

'Technology is wonderful. It makes your people so much easier to use.'

BUSINESS PRESCHOOL

"This'll look great on my transcript!"

"The answer isn't more troops—what you need is an antibiotic."

'I'd have a lot more of em if it weren't' for some jerks always looking for peaceful situations.'

"I'm in advertising. . ."