Taking Over A Family Business Gifts

"One day Son, all of this will be yours, high blood pressure, ulcers, diabetes, bills....!"

'Well, now that I know he's the owner's son, yes, he's the best damned wine steward I've ever seen.'

"My family has been fishing these waters for nearly 40 years. . ."

"Some day, son, all this will be yours. ... Actually, you know what? You can have it now."

'When training my son, keep him totally ignorant. I'm grooming him to be VP in-charge-of -denials.'

"One day, my boy, all this will be retirement homes."

"And this is my junior partner, my son, Ira."

John W. Law., John W. Law Jr., Robert Law, Janet Law, Attorneys at Law

'Don't worry, Dad. I'm going to turn this company around 360 degrees!'

'Son, someday this will all be yours. Or Wal-Mart's. Whoever pays Daddy the most.'

"It was a mom-and-pop, but we inherited it."

'He spoke his first words today Serge - 'ello. . . ello. . . ello'!'

If business gets any worse I'll have to start laying off relatives.

'I'm going to teach you the value of a dollar invested.'

"You work for the family business, and I am your father, not the patriarchal oppressor..."

'Someday, son, 50 of this will belong to your ex-wife,'

"Ma didn't want to leave out anyone."

"...and remember son. Don't let anybody push you around!"

"Someday, my dimwitted son, all this will belong to your sister."

'before you say 'all this will be yours', I don't want it.'

'Someday, son...all this will be Mine.'

"Son when I'm gone, all this will be yours!"

It's not a figure of speech - this is the corporate ladder.

"Year after year we sit here quietly raising eyebrows, son."

"One day this will all be yours to sell off to the highest bidder."

'One day, this will all be your fault.'

'Someday, Son, this will all be your problem.'

'Of course, we're family-owned & operated in India.'

'I handed over my company to my son and he's doing better than I ever did. Unfortunately he's starting school next year...'

'Where did we go wrong?'

'Someday, son, this will all be yours...to give to the IRS, thanks to the back taxes I owe.'

'What do you mean you don't want to be a model? Just what do you plan to do with the rest of your life?'

"Now pay attention when mother is speaking, Hubert!"