Selling brooms and dirt; credit cards not free money

"We can always sell something. I can sell brooms if I have to."

- Jim Atkins, manager at John Flynn Chrysler Jeep, Roxborough, on news that Chrysler L.L.C. targeted the dealership for elimination
"Is that ice on our windshield? . . . I've never seen icing conditions. I've never deiced."

- copilot Rebecca Shaw in recording from the February crash of Continental Connections Flight 3047, which killed Shaw and 49 others near Buffalo
"No one had to die. The behavior was beyond unprofessional."

- Terry Stelley, relative of a Flight 3047 crash victim
"You can't just sell dirt.

You have to make it cool."

- A.J. Romeo, director of Yankees Steiner Collectibles, on the marketing of Yankee stadium dirt in souvenirs
"There is a price consciousness dictating shoppers' purchases today unlike anything I have seen before."

- Abercrombie & Fitch Co. chief executive officer Mike Jeffries, on the retailer's deep first-quarter loss
"You can always say I spent too much money on this or that. . . . I certainly would do it again."

- Las Vegas Sands Corp. chief executive officer Sheldon Adelson, whose net worth fell a reported
$22 billion in 2008
"This is not free money - it's debt, and you should not take on more than you can handle."

- President Obama, to credit card users
"Management needs to be evaluated. . . . Have they been doing a good job? Are there people who can do a better job?"

- Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. chairwoman Sheila Bair, on plans to replace some bank executives