Speedy Strategists Mugs

"Bob takes too long to make a decision. Let's ask Phil."

"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...'

Eye Off the Ball

'Well, that's simplified the mission statement.'

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

'let's see if we can find any loopholes in this 'honesty-is-the-best-policy' nonsense.'

'The defence is ahead on points. Prosecution's only hope now is for a knockout.'

'No. No. Don't bomb them now. Wait until morning, when the birds are singing and the air is alive with a sense of possibility.'

"Call it wishful thinking, but I don't think this peace will last. . . ."

"I cased the joint, and it turns out they'll just give you money if you work thirty-five hours a week as a teller."

'Thank you colonel we'll keep your strategy in mind.'

Cat Trap,

'Whoever said 'taking part is better than winning' was certainly a loser...'

"Good thing I listened to you and implemented the new strategy."

'You're a fiend, you are, Hardcastle.'

Bear bends hunter's guns.

"I'm keeping it really simple!"

'I went in to get my mortgage renewed. I said: 'Make it for eight months and four days!'. . . Am I only the one who thinks the world ends in December?'

'Your tests indicate that you have a very short attention span -- you should be either a short-order cook or a news anchorman.'

"It's great, Heidi! All the privacy I want without locking the door...And they probably won't figure it out until I'm in college!"

'She's a good coach, and the kids seem to like her. But I still think someone should at least run a background check.'

"If you'd bullshitted your work like the rest of us, you'd be home by now."

How David Really Won

'You and your shortcuts.'

'You see, if we learn to swim upside down, they won't see us coming...'

"The job is very stressful. You'll be expected to think fast, talk loud, and parallel park in heavy traffic."

Temp Agency Personnel. Where do you see yourself in five weeks?

After convincing his competitors that being early to bed and early to rise would make them healthy, wealthy and wise, Ben Franklin stayed up all night working on his next invention.

Woman emptying 'pending' work into bin as 5pm approaches on Friday.

'I find that if you roll your sleeves down before you go in for dinner, you don't have to wash so much.'

'Psssst... cop on other side of hill.'

Hours After Iraq

"Sure, you have to spend money to make money, but first you have to steal money."

'At 15 he's too slow to chase mice anymore, but he's compensated by becoming much more clever.'