Quotes
So they say
“Information technology major Tata Consultancy Services boasts of revenues which is more than that of 14 Indian states.”
-- Shailesh Dobhal and Bhanu Pande, correspondents, The Economic Times, July 15, 2006
“Today, there are far more temples in India than schools and colleges. Schools may have high dropout rates. Temples have million more adherents and are a growing business everywhere.”
-- Aspi Moddie, environmentalist, Philanthropy, January-February 2006
“The percentage of Zoroastrians living in Australia and India is about the same. There are approximately 1,000 Zoroastrians among 18 million Australians, a rate of one in 18,000. And there are nearly 55,000 Zoroastrians among one billion Indians, a rate of one in 18,000.”
-- Manashni, February-March, 2006
“The Greek storyteller and historian Herodotus, who lived in the fifth century BC, wrote, ‘The Persians teach their sons between the ages of five and 20, only three things: to ride a horse, use the bow and speak the truth.’”
-- Shahrokh Mehta, Hamazor - Issue 4, 2005
“Art cannot be imbibed overnight. It’s only after more than 35 years of being in the business, that I have learnt to distinguish good art. That ability to differentiate comes with education and experience.”
Pheroza Godrej, owner of Cymroza Art Gallery, Bombay Times, May 9, 2006
“There is a popular American business saying that bulls can make money, bears can make money, but pigs always get slaughtered.”
-- Roy Pinto, correspondent, Business India, July 2, 2006
“I was told many years ago that if I want to learn how to influence people, I had to choose to be one of the following: be powerful enough to reward; be strong enough to bully; be principled enough to inspire.”
-- Dr Narges Mahaluxmivala, president, Clinical Development Services, Quintiles Spectral (India) Pvt Ltd, Change, The Godrej house magazine, Mar-Apr, 2006
“One rarely saw religious motifs at the workplace even 20 years ago. The use of secular spaces for propagating personal beliefs should worry all of us.”
-- Anu Aga, chairman emeritus of Thermax, The Week, April 16, 2006
“Since older coins are not very popular, they are not priced high. While a rupee of 1957 is priced at Rs 30,000, a first century coin will cost around Rs 100.”
-- Farokh Todywalla, numismatist, Afternoon Despatch & Courier, April 21, 2006
-- Shailesh Dobhal and Bhanu Pande, correspondents, The Economic Times, July 15, 2006
“Today, there are far more temples in India than schools and colleges. Schools may have high dropout rates. Temples have million more adherents and are a growing business everywhere.”
-- Aspi Moddie, environmentalist, Philanthropy, January-February 2006
“The percentage of Zoroastrians living in Australia and India is about the same. There are approximately 1,000 Zoroastrians among 18 million Australians, a rate of one in 18,000. And there are nearly 55,000 Zoroastrians among one billion Indians, a rate of one in 18,000.”
-- Manashni, February-March, 2006
“The Greek storyteller and historian Herodotus, who lived in the fifth century BC, wrote, ‘The Persians teach their sons between the ages of five and 20, only three things: to ride a horse, use the bow and speak the truth.’”
-- Shahrokh Mehta, Hamazor - Issue 4, 2005
“Art cannot be imbibed overnight. It’s only after more than 35 years of being in the business, that I have learnt to distinguish good art. That ability to differentiate comes with education and experience.”
Pheroza Godrej, owner of Cymroza Art Gallery, Bombay Times, May 9, 2006
“There is a popular American business saying that bulls can make money, bears can make money, but pigs always get slaughtered.”
-- Roy Pinto, correspondent, Business India, July 2, 2006
“I was told many years ago that if I want to learn how to influence people, I had to choose to be one of the following: be powerful enough to reward; be strong enough to bully; be principled enough to inspire.”
-- Dr Narges Mahaluxmivala, president, Clinical Development Services, Quintiles Spectral (India) Pvt Ltd, Change, The Godrej house magazine, Mar-Apr, 2006
“One rarely saw religious motifs at the workplace even 20 years ago. The use of secular spaces for propagating personal beliefs should worry all of us.”
-- Anu Aga, chairman emeritus of Thermax, The Week, April 16, 2006
“Since older coins are not very popular, they are not priced high. While a rupee of 1957 is priced at Rs 30,000, a first century coin will cost around Rs 100.”
-- Farokh Todywalla, numismatist, Afternoon Despatch & Courier, April 21, 2006
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