Status Quo Challenger T-Shirts

'You've written a bold and innovative proposal. Unfortunately, it challenges the status quo and that can jeopardize my job.'

Trouble

There is no normal: Norm hated the new motivational poster and it hated him.

New Memer/Incumbent

'My God! It's Fradon, Burns, Marcus, Basino and Fuller!'

'You did turn the company around... but we liked it the way it was...'

Vertical evolution.

"The plumber is here."

"While your idea is novel and innovative, it questions the status quo and can harm those entrenched in this organization. I'm ruling it out as being too disruptive."

". . . And may I ask . . . who's crawling?"

'We're looking for bold, innovative strategies to pretty much maintain the status quo.'

"Remember, we're not just making money. We're building prisons."

'She does great things with leftovers. . .She throws them out.'

Business men line up at the police station

'This is his diary... Listen: 'Polar Circle, 8th of December. I still don't believe in Global warming...' '

"And now Professor Weyfeld, of Columbia University, with some liberal claptrap."

"Before I say anything, I'd like to have my friend, who wants to be a lawyer when he grows up, present"

Election

"Hmm...I'm still undecided."

Leaf falling in the desert

'How can you possibly feel threatened by someone half your age who makes twice your salary and doesn't wear socks?'

'I see you everyday and never talk to you. But I'm making an effort to change for the better, so I won't be standing here tomorrow.'

"Income inequality hasn't been given a fair shake."

The Couple who bought complete services for twelve, including dinner plates, luncheon plates, salad plates, soup bowls. . . .Out of Wedlock

'It's all in how you look at it -- try thinking of yourself as the world's tallest short guy.'

'In accordance with company policy to explore alternative ideas...'

"You can't be too rich or too thin, and we're not."

Couples: 'This weekend, for a change, I'd like to flout convention.'

"Don't drink the Kool-Aid! 'Science' is a scam dreamed up by the interlectual elite to keep us down!"

Activism, third party candidacy, insurgent democrat, accepting the status quo

"Have you ever thought about climbing the highest mountain?"

Stay the course.

Competitive Meditation.

"Despite what mayor Bloomberg says I think the evidence is still patchy on the subject of climate change."

Smash the System