“For a person like Jim Thompson, reputation is what it’s all about. It’s not nice to say, but he’s etching his tombstone.”
— Donald Jacobs, retired former dean of Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, on former Illinois Gov. James R. Thompson’s inattentiveness as chairman of the audit committee of Hollinger International Inc.
“My daughter doesn’t need to inherit a … bag full of flannel [shirts]. A sweater, a guitar and the lyrics to ‘[Smells Like] Teen Spirit’ — that’s what my daughter gets. And the rest of it we’ll just [sell].”
— Courtney Love, widow of Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain, who plans to sell most of his belongings
“Today is a day we feared would never come.”
— Jonathan Fine, president of Preservation Chicago, on the Commission on Chicago Landmarks granting preliminary landmark status after 16 years of squabbling about a stretch of Milwaukee Avenue that includes Wicker Park
“I like baseball.”
— Ald. Frank Olivo (13th), on receiving dozens of free tickets and parking passes worth more than $6,400 to Cubs, White Sox, Bulls, St. Louis Cardinals and Milwaukee Brewers games from the 13th Ward Democratic Organization
“As my grandfather said, if you hang around the store long enough they’ll give you something.”
— Billy Crystal, selected to receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
