The week in words: Opportunity in the room; dumb regs

"There is opportunity in this room." - military veteran Tony Whitehead, at a Philadelphia job fair for vets

"We didn't want to overly scare people and make it worse." - former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, on secrecy in talks to have Bank of America buy Merrill Lynch

"These decisions were implemented without the auto manufacturers or the task force presenting evidence publicly that these [dealer] closings would actually benefit the auto companies financially." - U.S. Rep. Dan Maffei (D., N.Y.), who has pushed GM and Chrysler to restore shuttered dealerships

"There's still a long way to go before one wants to declare anything that begins to look like a strong recovery or success." - Rebecca Blank, U.S. undersecretary of commerce for economic affairs

"They are pulling more levers than they have had to in the past and that's a sign of a mature company." - analyst Colin Gillis, on Google's record profit report

"Even during periods of financial stress, we believe that there is a very high threshold for exceptional government assistance to individual companies." - Treasury department statement on why there would be no bailout for lender CIT Group Inc.

"It was dumb regulation." - U.S. Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R., Texas), warning against "regulatory overkill" in the wake of the Madoff scandal