”The question is whether you`re going up or down the saw . . . I think we`re going up the saw.”- Homebuilder David Hill, president of Rolling Meadows-based Kimball Hill, on the erratic course of home sales.
NORTHWESTERN SCHOLAR AND AUTHOR GARRY WILLS ON THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS: ”By accepting (it) and its concept of a single people dedicated to a proposition
(of equality) . . . we have been changed.”
”Immense new opportunities are close at hand.”
-FCC Chairman Alfred Sikes, describing his agency`s decision to allow phone companies to send television signals.
”This country just isn`t ready for a rich black man to be rapping about his penis.”
-Luther Campbell, on being criticized for exercising ”freedom of speech” in his rap lyrics.
”I would rather see anyone else decide this case.”
-President of the Abortion Rights Mobilization group, on the prospect of Justice Clarence Thomas deciding on the return of the abortion drug RU486, seized by Customs officials.
”It`s time for them to go.”
-Democratic vice presidential candidate Al Gore, referring to President Bush and his administration.
”She made us believe that we could write, and so we wrote.”
-Columnist Mary Schmich, recalling her 7th-grade teacher`s ”greatest gift a teacher could give.”
”We knew you`d come back.”
-Troy Powalish, 25, being transported to Joliet Correctional Center, recalling what his former inmates had said when he returned the second time.
”Jobs. Education. Health care. These are not just promises from my lips. They are the work of my life.”
-Democratic presidential nominee Bill Clinton, in his acceptance speech Thursday night.
”Sleeping on a park bench hurt.”
-Jean Fischer, one of the homeless forced into the night Thursday when a North Side ”warming center” closed.
”I`m going to go . . . through free agency.”
-Cubs pitcher Greg Maddux, on breaking off negotiations for a new longterm contract.
