The Week in Words: Chips off the floor; an economic pep talk; Apple's mojo

"We're putting all our cash in the bank, dumping the contents of the slot machines, taking chips off the floor then locking them away."

- Dennis Gomes, co-owner of Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, on preparations for Hurricane Irene.

"It was nothing more than an economic pep talk." - Greg McBride, senior financial analyst for Bankrate.com, on Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's Friday speech.

"He appears to be saying that the Fed has largely played its part and that the politicians need to step up their game." - Paul Dales, senior U.S. economist at Capital Economics, also on Bernanke's speech.

"Consumption still barely had a pulse." - Tom Porcelli, chief U.S. economist at RBC Capital Markets, on word that the U.S. economy grew at a meager 1 percent annual pace this spring, slower than previously estimated.

"There's always the risk they'll lose their mojo, their magic." - Shaw Wu, analyst at Sterne, Agee & Leach, on the resignation of Steve Jobs as CEO
of Apple Inc.

"I know enough about Steve Jobs to know that as long as he has a breath in him, he will be giving direction at Apple." - analyst Tim Bajarin, president of Creative Strategies.

"We're still developing shopping centers and specialty retail, but opportunities are few and far between." - developer Bruce Goodman.

"It just really struck me that all this stuff that we think we need or that we think we need to give . . . has really nothing to do with how happy and peaceful we can feel." - Blair Souder, a founder of ShiftMyGift.com, on making charitable contributions as a form of gift-giving.