13 Quotes by Jim Robbins

What an irony it is that these living beings whose shade we sit in,whose fruit we eat, whose limbs we climb, whose roots we water, towhom most of us rarely give a second thought, are so poorlyunderstood. We need to come, as soon as possible, to a profoundunderstanding and appreciation for trees and forests and the vitalrole they play, for they are among our best allies in the uncertainfuture that is unfolding.

Planting trees, I myself thought for a long time, was a feel-good thing, a nice but feeble response to our litany of modern-day environmental problems. In the last few years, though, as I have read many dozens of articles and books and interviewed scientists here and abroad, my thinking on the issue has changed. Planting trees may be the single most important ecotechnology that we have to put the broken pieces of our planet back together.

It allows greater density but not greater benefits to the town,

This will create a major, heavily concentrated regional cluster that is similar in size, importance and potential to our significant presence in the Southwest,

What is going on today is a baby step to what might be coming, and that's going to be the fun of this venture, (to) see what kind of products we can develop.

At some time in everyone's life, we all start needing a little help.

Advertising sales have been slow all year due to the uncertain economy, but the business disruption caused by the events of the Sept. 11 national tragedies contributed further to this issue,

The more products and services you add to the bundle, the lower the turn of your customer base is, ... We've got to make a little investment to make sure we get the bill right, but the fact of the matter is the customer is going to stay with us longer and stay with us for more products.

The more products and services you add to the bundle, the lower the churn rate is, ... more of them are going to stay with us.