Quotes
So they say
"I want to assure you of the everlasting loyalty of the Shammar tribe to you and to the governments that have freed us... Our loyalty is constant and unshakeable... We have always shown our loyalty and we will be faithful to this ancient tribal tradition. If, we should ever decide to betray you, I pledge my word that we will give you a month's notice."
-- L. Paul Bremer quoting an Iraqi sheikh in his book My Year in Iraq: The struggle to build a Future of Hope, Yale Alumni Magazine, March/April 2006
"When the last tree is cut, the last river poisoned, and the last fish dead, we will discover that we can't eat money."
-- Greenpeace banner quoted in Philanthropy, January-February 2006
"The Parsi characters in the film, quirky as they may seem, are for real. You can never have a straight Parsi, and sometimes it's unbelievable that characters like these exist. I know from my own personal experience that they do."
-- Boman Irani, actor, The Times of India, March 24, 2006
"We named him after the Dalai Lama. I wanted something spiritual for (my son). I'm a Parsi married to a Punjabi - so it would have otherwise swung between Darius or Daler."
-- Dilshad Pastakia, hair stylist, Buzz,The Times of India supplement, March 25, 2006
"Depressed housewives often get obsessed with cleaning. They become cleanliness freaks, and are driven by a compulsion that everything should be in order."
-- Dr Zirak Marker, psychiatrist, Mid Day, April 11, 2006
"Eeny Meeny Mainy Moe/Catch a non-Parsi by his toe/If he's married to a Parsi, let him go (into our sacred agiaries)/'Coz Jamsheed Kanga, says so."
-- WAPIZ Editorial Team, WAPIZ Page, Afternoon Despatch & Courier, April 20, 2006
"One only has to look at the media hype and the promotion of people within our community, who have contributed towards the bad state of our religious and social institutions, and it is only then, that one can begin to comprehend how deep the malaise within our community truly is."
-- Khojeste Mistree, WAPIZ Page, fternoon Despatch & Courier, April 20, 2006
"Without the indigenous stock of Parsis and Iranis, Zoroastrianism would be a mindless, soulless and spiritless dogma."
-- Dastur (Dr) Firoze M. Kotwal, WAPIZ Page, Afternoon Despatch & Courier, April 20, 2006
-- L. Paul Bremer quoting an Iraqi sheikh in his book My Year in Iraq: The struggle to build a Future of Hope, Yale Alumni Magazine, March/April 2006
"When the last tree is cut, the last river poisoned, and the last fish dead, we will discover that we can't eat money."
-- Greenpeace banner quoted in Philanthropy, January-February 2006
"The Parsi characters in the film, quirky as they may seem, are for real. You can never have a straight Parsi, and sometimes it's unbelievable that characters like these exist. I know from my own personal experience that they do."
-- Boman Irani, actor, The Times of India, March 24, 2006
"We named him after the Dalai Lama. I wanted something spiritual for (my son). I'm a Parsi married to a Punjabi - so it would have otherwise swung between Darius or Daler."
-- Dilshad Pastakia, hair stylist, Buzz,The Times of India supplement, March 25, 2006
"Depressed housewives often get obsessed with cleaning. They become cleanliness freaks, and are driven by a compulsion that everything should be in order."
-- Dr Zirak Marker, psychiatrist, Mid Day, April 11, 2006
"Eeny Meeny Mainy Moe/Catch a non-Parsi by his toe/If he's married to a Parsi, let him go (into our sacred agiaries)/'Coz Jamsheed Kanga, says so."
-- WAPIZ Editorial Team, WAPIZ Page, Afternoon Despatch & Courier, April 20, 2006
"One only has to look at the media hype and the promotion of people within our community, who have contributed towards the bad state of our religious and social institutions, and it is only then, that one can begin to comprehend how deep the malaise within our community truly is."
-- Khojeste Mistree, WAPIZ Page, fternoon Despatch & Courier, April 20, 2006
"Without the indigenous stock of Parsis and Iranis, Zoroastrianism would be a mindless, soulless and spiritless dogma."
-- Dastur (Dr) Firoze M. Kotwal, WAPIZ Page, Afternoon Despatch & Courier, April 20, 2006
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