Quotes
So they say
"I think I would like to be remembered as someone who succeeded in an environment of change to uphold the value system and the ethical standards that our Group was built on."
- Ratan Tata, industrialist, SynergyZ, Vol 2, November 2005
"Ten years ago, I had to conduct in Delhi's Indira Gandhi Stadium because Delhi had no proper concert hall. And this time, I'm back there again because Delhi still hasn't built a proper auditorium."
- Zubin Mehta, conductor, Hindustan Times, December 29, 2005
"Lashing out at the newly formed World Alliance of Parsi Irani Zarthoshtis (WAPIZ) Dasturji (Khurshed Dastoor of Udvada) felt that in reality WAPIZ stands for War Among Parsi/Irani Zoroastrians."
- Noshir Dadrawala, Jam-e-Jamshed Weekly, January 1, 2006
"With Tetley, we can aim higher. If we were just a Tata brand, and we had to take it outside India and make it the number one UK brand or the number one Canada brand or the number three US brand, it would never have happened, not in my lifetime."
- Percy Siganporia, managing director, Tata Tea, The Indian Express, January 2, 2006
"We are blessed in our country to have some of the finest embedded technology available at our doorstep. We have to seize these opportunities, tear down our existing paradigms and create a new box. We need hundreds of dreamers to create new exciting vistas for us, and hundreds of implementers to make it a reality."
- P. D. Lam, executive director and president, Godrej & Boyce, Change, Vol 6 No 1, January-February, 2006
"2006 will mark the beginning of the end of the Parsis but also a marvelously strong revival of our great faith across the continents. Prosper, Zoroastrianism. Perish, the Parsi. Nature cannot provide a better bargain."
- Berjis Desai, columnist, The Bombay Samachar, January 1, 2006
"Euthanasia must be appropriately timed - neither too early in the sickness, nor inordinately delayed as to lose its true and timely deliverance."
- Dr Keki E. Turel, neurosurgeon, The Times of India, December 31, 2005
"At Lady Astor's dinner party, (George Bernard) Shaw roared for all the guests to hear 'Lady Astor, I don't like what you've cooked. Don't you know my tastes?' The lady outwitted him by shouting back, 'Hope they are better than your manners!'"
- Ruby Lilaowala, columnist, Afternoon Despatch & Courier, January 3, 2006
- Ratan Tata, industrialist, SynergyZ, Vol 2, November 2005
"Ten years ago, I had to conduct in Delhi's Indira Gandhi Stadium because Delhi had no proper concert hall. And this time, I'm back there again because Delhi still hasn't built a proper auditorium."
- Zubin Mehta, conductor, Hindustan Times, December 29, 2005
"Lashing out at the newly formed World Alliance of Parsi Irani Zarthoshtis (WAPIZ) Dasturji (Khurshed Dastoor of Udvada) felt that in reality WAPIZ stands for War Among Parsi/Irani Zoroastrians."
- Noshir Dadrawala, Jam-e-Jamshed Weekly, January 1, 2006
"With Tetley, we can aim higher. If we were just a Tata brand, and we had to take it outside India and make it the number one UK brand or the number one Canada brand or the number three US brand, it would never have happened, not in my lifetime."
- Percy Siganporia, managing director, Tata Tea, The Indian Express, January 2, 2006
"We are blessed in our country to have some of the finest embedded technology available at our doorstep. We have to seize these opportunities, tear down our existing paradigms and create a new box. We need hundreds of dreamers to create new exciting vistas for us, and hundreds of implementers to make it a reality."
- P. D. Lam, executive director and president, Godrej & Boyce, Change, Vol 6 No 1, January-February, 2006
"2006 will mark the beginning of the end of the Parsis but also a marvelously strong revival of our great faith across the continents. Prosper, Zoroastrianism. Perish, the Parsi. Nature cannot provide a better bargain."
- Berjis Desai, columnist, The Bombay Samachar, January 1, 2006
"Euthanasia must be appropriately timed - neither too early in the sickness, nor inordinately delayed as to lose its true and timely deliverance."
- Dr Keki E. Turel, neurosurgeon, The Times of India, December 31, 2005
"At Lady Astor's dinner party, (George Bernard) Shaw roared for all the guests to hear 'Lady Astor, I don't like what you've cooked. Don't you know my tastes?' The lady outwitted him by shouting back, 'Hope they are better than your manners!'"
- Ruby Lilaowala, columnist, Afternoon Despatch & Courier, January 3, 2006
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