”When we begin debating whether or not family values are important, we`ve come a long way, baby, and in the wrong direction.”-Rev. Joseph Stowell, president of the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, praising Vice President Quayle`s speech at the Southern Baptist Convention.
A DE PAUL UNIVERSITY STUDENT, ON CHICAGO`S PICASSO STATUE, WHICH TURNS 25 THIS SUMMER: ”If you love this city, how could you not love it? It represents the city. I`d probably cry if they ever took it down.”
”I look at it as simply another business.”
-A member of Mayor Daley`s Gaming Commission, on casino gambling.
”I`m starting to feel like an agent for William Morris.”
-The lawyer for the Long Island high school student accused of shooting her lover`s wife, after announcing plans to sell his client`s story in exchange for bail money.
”I asked my husband, `Does that say what I think it says”`
-A 39-year-old woman`s reaction, upon seeing a new store on Lincoln Avenue called Condomplation.
”We miss the trees, but tai chi goes on.”
-An employee at the American Medical Association building who also teaches tai chi on the building lawn twice a week, after 35 shade trees that had fallen victim to the weather were chopped down.
”I`ve been around cattle all of my life, and it`s true, they are just like people, you have to watch them sometimes.”
-Farmer James Garretson, after helping to rescue a 77-year-old neighbor who was attacked by his herd of cows.
”If we lose, our backs will be way, way up against the wall.”
-Jerome Kersey, whose Portland Trail Blazer`s trail 2-1, on the importance of Game 4 of the NBA finals Wednesday.
”It seems to me if you live on the East or West Coast, you`re not going to drop in to have a hamburger.”
-Restaurateur Rich Melman, doubting that Planet Hollywood restaurant, which broke ground Tuesday for a Chicago branch, will draw the same celebrity crowds here it does in New York.
