‘You’re not doing your job that you’re paid for. Either put up or get out.’ — George Polous, a Motorola shareholder speaking to the board and management at the annual shareholders meeting
‘It’s a long way from how I pictured you. People shouldn’t take advantage of the weak. When people cheat those kind of people and they lose the most precious thing, their home … there’s a moral callousness to that conduct that I find offensive. The shame is that it came after you became more highly educated.’ — U.S. District Judge Charles Kocoras in sentencing Edwin Evans to 30 months in prison for mortgage fraud
‘That’s the end of the story, at least for the next two to three years.’ — John Melaniphy, a retail real estate consultant, on Wal-Mart’s decision to end its quest to open a store on the South Side
‘We know how important it is to residents of Blue Island and the surrounding communities to keep the hospital operating for the long term and we intend to do just that.’ — Arnold Kimmel, chief executive of Transition Healthcare on taking over St. Francis Hospital and Health Center
‘There’s certainly some parents and some teachers who don’t want any of that in their classroom and that’s something we deal with.’ — Jack Silbert, editor of Scholastic Math magazine, talking about stories featuring stars from the Indiana Jones movie
