Transaction Tactician Gifts

"Don't worry Sir, you're not the first person to ask for a refund and you probably won't be the last!"

'That sign is misleading. They mean if they get an authorization number.'

'Looks like your cash cow just got diverted to the slaughterhouse.'

"Our new associate asks how much of a fee is too much. Do you want to handle this or shall I laugh in his face?"

“Sweet mother of Marmaduke... no!”

US and the EU

"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.

"Memo to self - personalise new work-station."

"Gimme a 'D'! Gimme an 'N'! Gimme an 'A'!"

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

"I must protest, M'Lud. Prosecurity counsel is blantantly attempting to wheedle the truth from the accused."

'Your Honor, we've finally agreed on a verdict.'

'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."

"I heard you're top dog in trust and loyalty training."

"May I treat him as a hostile lawyer?"

"Twenty five years! But your honor,

"That was a rumor day."

"Do you handle employee salary negotiations as well?"

"I really wanted to get you off but I didn't want to make a mockery of Justice."

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

"A Japanese company will deliver them to us for �6.75 a thousand."

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

"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.'

Human males marking territory.

"Miss. Wilcox, get me the coast."

"Leak to the press: Brussels bail-outs are French currency manipulation, costing British bureaucrats' jobs!"

"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."

'Boy, look at his personal space!'

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

'You didn't 'win' anything, just declared not guilty.'