The Week in Words: 'Go broke,' says Buffett; 'an egregious case,' says official

"You should go broke. And I think your wife should go broke, too."

- Warren Buffett, on CEOs whose firms require federal bailouts to protect society

"I have no tax shelters, I have no tax accountant, my tax shelter really was the Bush administration."

- Buffett
"Unless you want to go to Baghdad, the United States is the best you can get."

- Patrick O'Neill, CEO of O'Neill Group, which helps the Chinese invest in international real estate, on the buyers' market in the United States

"We believe the accuracy of the factual loan information in the affidavits was not affected by whether or not the signer had personal knowledge of the precise details."

- A JPMorgan Chase & Co. spokesman, about the disputed scrutiny of foreclosure documents

"So, if you swear facts are true without knowing they are true, apparently it's OK, so long as they ultimately turn out to be accurate?"

- Cherry Hill lawyer Eric Garrabrant, who represents people in foreclosure, in response to the JPMorgan spokesman's comment

"This is an egregious case, and it made us firm in our belief that we should draw a line here."

- Greg Demske, of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, on stiff penalties against Synthes Inc. and Norian Corp. for illegal bone-cement experiments on human patients