Strategist At Heart Mugs

Christos was excited about the cunning plan...but he wasn't that happy with his allocated seat.

War and War

Surrender of Vicksburg- Gen. Grant Negotiates Gen. Pemberton's Surrender

The Mouse That Squeaked

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

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

You pitched great, kid, but I'm bringing in the southpaw.

Napoleon 'Snuffed Out' by the Russians

Young man asking his governer to buy him a commission in the army

Success

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

Playing chess.

Every Hates Us = Massive Majority

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

"Sir, your new campaign manager is here."

"This is tempting, but it may come back to bite us."

'If I had to use one word to describe our strategy.'

'And were there a point to your proposal, Henderson - What would it be?'

'Williams, we're not used to receiving such excellent ideas as these, so we'd like to tone them down a bit.'

The Businessmen Have to Make Decisions from Many Options

"Yeah, but that one's a little bit hard to reach."

'Which 'win' is ours? Because the one on the left looks bigger.'

"I don't like getting bogged down in details. I'm more of a big-picture guy."

'It has come to my attention that we need to hedge against our five-year plan.'

Nothing Succeeds Like Confidence.

"The trend in tough economic times is to put off everything that doesn't require immediate action ? as this chart shows."

'Smith, we need more creativity. You have to learn to think outside the box.'

'Ah, Galagher, we made good use of your proposal.'

"Any questions?"

'Now, keep in mind that these numbers are only as accurate as the fictitious data, ludicrous assumptions and wishful thinking they're based upon!'

"Dammit, Johnson. You've got to start thinking outside of the box."

"...but the big question is, does the competition know that we don't know what we don't know?"

Empty box of ideas

Bright idea

'I want you to paddle against the current.'