Towering Strategist Mugs

"Your nightstand must be the most ambitious piece of furniture in the whole house."

'Tomorrow's special is fish, so wear the flounder suit.'

"Or we could raise your profile by coming out with that pimple on the end of your nose."

"My favorite tea: hot daffodil-infused chamomile with a hint of whiskey. Are you serious? Of course I'm serious! I've been dosing myself with small quantities of poisonous daffodil ever since 1931. You have to build up an immunity if you want to survive in the cutthroat world of Scrabble tournaments."

"All I'm saying is now is the time to develop the technology to deflect an asteroid."

'It looks to me like they come in peace.'

"Because of the economic situation they've relaxed the rules."

"My mommy suggested I try a different advertising approach."

"Saturn. No contest. A deadly, treacherous gas giant ringed by a gossamer halo of ice. It symbolizes both death and life. Both evil and good. It symbolizes existence itself."

"And when conventional theories don't work, we've got Charnier here to do us a spot of voodoo marketing."

'Boy, look at his personal space!'

Builder follows an architect's blueprints exactly, including the smudges.

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

"I'm in advertising. . ."

'Will you make the final table?'

'How do you expect to play Canasta when you left your brain to science?'

'When you grounded me to my room, you said no TV or computer. You never said I couldn't build my own bike.'

'You really have no idea what you're doing do you?'

"Timing is everything. I recommend that you act now before the authorities discover I've escaped."

"Of course he looks superior - he's the line manager!"

'Perhaps it's not a good idea to build skyscrapers that reach this far up.'

"First, I storyboarded it."

BE.. All that you can BE...

Possible Merger Talks

"The building code says we can use structural steel and poured concrete, and we can go 40 stories high - it doesn't say we have to!"

"Who do you think you're dealing with, Smith? Does it say 'stupid' on my office door?"

"I'd fire him in a minute, but the old man thinks we need his unique perspective around here."

"Go human."

'Of COURSE we appreciate having someone with your expertise in mergers and acquisitions, but offhand I can't think of another corporation that would match up with ours.'

'There's only one piece left. C'mon, we can figure this out.'

'Folks, we're just not doing this right.'

'Are you sure this is the best strategy to find new customers?'

'Library built out of books.'

'I want to be the first person to land on the sun.'