Jerry Cohen Quotations

We'll have better traffic flow, better entrances ... and more landscaping. We just want to clean up the whole property.

(For many seniors) there is so much angst or frustration of the feeling that, 'I don't have enough information yet,' ... Most of us feel, 'Can't you just give me the information so I can make a decision?'

We felt the direction vintage sports clothing went in the last few years is not what we believe in. We want to return to our core values. We believe vintage American clothing doesn't go out of style. I never designed for fads. The emphasis the last few years by the people who bought our company was on the hip-hop clothing trend. That's not the reason I started this company. People were wearing things without any kind of context. Things just went full circle and some of the people we were aligned with before we sold popped back up to support us. Timelessness is important to us.

Our lieutenant was angry that morning, ... He told us to get our gear and start climbing the tower. He said we were going to climb one flight for every floor in the World Trade Center. That was more than any of us had done physically. We really had to push ourselves.

Over 45 percent of Oregonians will qualify for some level of subsidy,

It is almost like we put ourselves in their shoes. It's hot, you're sweating, and I know I'll never experience what they were feeling, but this is as close as I can get, ... It really is a sacrifice, but I plan on doing it until I'm not physically able to.

Everyone was touched by the events of Sept. 11th, and we were all feeling what everyone else was feeling. We knew it was something we had to do, ... Other fire departments around the country were doing things to commemorate the event, but as far as I know, Austin is the only one that does anything like this.

Joyce is a perfect example of someone who saw an issue that needed attention and brought it forward to AARP. We were pleased to work with Joyce and Representative Hunt to change this law and help protect those using handicapped placards from identity theft. Working together, we have the power to make it better.

We were worried at first when we thought about it falling on a Sunday, but having it on any other day just wouldn't be the same, ... People ask us why we do this, and I tell them it is so we will remember. It is about the major losses on that day, but also about the losses we face every day.