Status Appreciation Gifts

'I chose my field on what would put the most impressive initials after my name.'

"I wish I had her jewelry." "I wish I had his wife." "I wish I had her figure." "I wish I had his money."

"Biff's old money, Angelo is new money and Boris is funny money."

You're the botanicals in my gin

'Miss Pym, we've made a smaller loss than last year, order me a much larger desk.'

I'm looking forward tot he day we can afford some real statues for this place.

"No, I'm not really a CEO. I just like to keep up with the Joneses."

"I can remember when having a '212' phone number still meant something in this world."

Big Shot/Bigger Shot.

'But this is what you demanded; a corner office with Windows.'

'If you're looking for compensatory materialism on wheels, look no further.'

'I have everything a man could want - But I've still managed to hang onto my petty ambitions.'

Find out that man's name and give him a rise.

"Does this desk make my job look big?"

"Only three hundred and sixty-seven followers? Maria's not an asset to the abbey."

Give up all my possessions? Did I say Buddhist? I meant Boatist. I'm a boatist.

"I hear you've got friends in high places...?"

Interning in D.C. Volunteering in Seattle. Trekking in Nepal. Lucky ducks! I'm stuck here working 2 jobs! Wow! You're getting paid?!! Who knew? Employment is this summer's must-have status symbol. Some parents envy you.

"You like it? It’s from the MoMA Store!"

'No, no, no. I never said you'd be next to a window. I said you'd be able to see the mountains from your desk.'

'Can you believe it, Harkins? Out of all those offices, not one person is more important than I am.'

"Wow! I knew you were rich, but I didn't know you were that rich!"

"Brooklyn is the Manhattan of the other boroughs."

Sports car style baby buggy.

'This condo is the height of luxury, The sprinkler system sprays Perrier,'

"I just wonder if the brand name is too obvious."

'I don't need such a big office as this. My ego does.'

"I'll cut to the chase, Wiggins. I'm hearing rumors that you have a bigger chair than me."

The Blings - collectors of jewelry.

'It's true: I was hunting with the King himself last week...'

'I want a holiday that will impress the neighbours, which country offers most kudos to the Pound?'

'Thin, sexy and costly. The trophy TV.'

The Children's Hospital

"The worst thing about selling 51 percent of my company is that I can't walk around like I own the place."

"We don’t need to keep up with the Joneses – we are the Joneses!"