Strategic Tactician Gifts

British patent (applied for) A Trained Dog of war Drawing the Enemy's Fire.

'I don't think you are going to see the end of this match with that 4-4-2 formation.'

"Can I savor this for a few moments? The ball's never been in my court before!"

"It's Swamp & Swallow - they're making an offer we can't refuse!"

"That's Hicks from the corporate office. He's adorable, but trust me—when it comes to acquisitions, he's an animal!"

Takeovers.

"Well I didn't see the incident myself.."

'Competition is good...unless it's too good.'

'So far, sir, we've rejected plans A,B, C, D, E, F, and right now we're evaluating'G'.'

Carrot VS Stick

'Jones, somewhere out there, we've lost our common sense. I want you to go and bring it back.'

"I was able to negotiate it from a hostile takeover to an uneasy alliance."

'Larry, you have everything it takes to go far in this company, but a word of advice: lose the laugh.'

'This is Osgood, our most essential man -- he thinks up new ways to limit warranties!'

'What say we set aside all our petty grievances and just hate each other on general principles.'

"Hi, I'm Cindy, the company's most toxic employee!"

'Remember, Henderson - Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish and you've sacrificed your leverage.'

ISIS needle in a haystack.

"You can't expect to get anywhere in business without making an enemy or two, Filmeyer."

"It's a dog-eat-dog economy. And I'm the Doberman."

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

Before instant replay.

"Once inside, the pawns will jump out and take them by surprise."

"Remember, negotiating is like buying fruit. You don't know what you'll get until you squeeze 'em a bit."

'I wish i could think of some way to get away form him.' 'I wish i could think of some way to get away form her.'

Manager. Managing a political campaign and a baseball team are alike in many ways. A campaign is launched with a "first pitch," when a candidate gives a speech selling himself or herself. I change pitchers based on the game situation. In politics and baseball, sometimes it's best to come from the right side and sometimes it's best to come from the left side. We study our competitors' weaknesses and exploit those. In politics we call that "opposition research." And I don't worry about the

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

"Calm down, I'm just using the rules of modern competition."

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

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

So what happens when you told Armstrong you wouldn't recite that Sinclair Broadcasting script? Oh, nothing. Sinclair sued me for everything I own, that's all. But the joke's on them: I've set up different LLC's for every aspect of my life. So all they could get were the assets of the LLC that they paid. This opens up a whole world of possibilities. I knew forming Rudy-has-next-to-nada LLC was a good idea. I am going to miss my ten cents and my broken wiffle ball, though.

"I know I told you to fool him into thinking you've got nothing left, but now you've got me convinced."

"Clearly, this pair were up to something. . ."

Thanks to compromise they were moving closer.

'...always surround yourself with incompetent people.'