Quotes
So they say
“The Tata Group will always be at the forefront of any manufacturing activity it is involved in. We will be the best (and the most
efficient) in the world. We have taken a decision to go beyond India. One has to be international if you want to be a global player.”
J. J. Irani, director, Tata Sons in Business Week online, Business Today, January 27, 2008
“Every once in a while, a brand must be invigorated. We expect the Cinthol brand to grow by 20-25 percent after the re-launch.”
H. K. Press, executive director and president, Godrej Consumer Products Ltd, Business Today, May 4, 2008
“There is something to this bunch (of Parsis), a tenth of whom are the most civil and intelligent people you can encounter on the planet, half of whom are apolitical fun-loving people who run schools and colleges and banks and everything else with considerable devotion to duty, a tenth of whom want to go abroad and leave this ratthad country called India, my god, so filthy these people, no etiquette, when you Go There, my, so clean and everyone so polite; and the rest of whom are lunatics.”
Jerry Pinto, writer and columnist, Outlook, December 2007
“We don’t target the beaches to our clients from India. There are a lot of water sports for the travellers. One of the main attractions is the night life. The pub culture is great and growing. There are 800 odd pubs in Dublin alone. Ireland is also famous for its Irish horses breed. Waterford is known for its crystal.”
Huzan Fraser Motivala, director, Ireland Tourism, Travtalk, October 1st issue 2007
“Bawa’s (Merzaban Patel, 57)contribution to Bombay hockey can’t be quantified. He manages a feeder system from which the big clubs benefit. He picks players from schools and trains them, giving them a chance to play in his teams.”
Joaquim Carvalho, national coach, Hindustan Times, November 1, 2007
“Hyderabad-born Shayan Italia will be the third greatest Zoroastrian musician after Zubin Mehta and Freddie Mercury (Farokh Balsara).”
Lord Karan Bilimoria, UK’s beer baron, Indian Express, October 12, 2007
“Capitalism without failure is like Christianity without hell.”
Warren Buffet, the world’s greatest investor, Time, May 19, 2008
“If you’re on a beach and a tsunami hits, you’ll drown whether you’re a small child or an Olympic swimmer. Some things will go bad no matter how good you are.”
Lloyd Blankfein, CEO, Goldman Sachs, in Fortune, Business Today, April 6, 2008
efficient) in the world. We have taken a decision to go beyond India. One has to be international if you want to be a global player.”
J. J. Irani, director, Tata Sons in Business Week online, Business Today, January 27, 2008
“Every once in a while, a brand must be invigorated. We expect the Cinthol brand to grow by 20-25 percent after the re-launch.”
H. K. Press, executive director and president, Godrej Consumer Products Ltd, Business Today, May 4, 2008
“There is something to this bunch (of Parsis), a tenth of whom are the most civil and intelligent people you can encounter on the planet, half of whom are apolitical fun-loving people who run schools and colleges and banks and everything else with considerable devotion to duty, a tenth of whom want to go abroad and leave this ratthad country called India, my god, so filthy these people, no etiquette, when you Go There, my, so clean and everyone so polite; and the rest of whom are lunatics.”
Jerry Pinto, writer and columnist, Outlook, December 2007
“We don’t target the beaches to our clients from India. There are a lot of water sports for the travellers. One of the main attractions is the night life. The pub culture is great and growing. There are 800 odd pubs in Dublin alone. Ireland is also famous for its Irish horses breed. Waterford is known for its crystal.”
Huzan Fraser Motivala, director, Ireland Tourism, Travtalk, October 1st issue 2007
“Bawa’s (Merzaban Patel, 57)contribution to Bombay hockey can’t be quantified. He manages a feeder system from which the big clubs benefit. He picks players from schools and trains them, giving them a chance to play in his teams.”
Joaquim Carvalho, national coach, Hindustan Times, November 1, 2007
“Hyderabad-born Shayan Italia will be the third greatest Zoroastrian musician after Zubin Mehta and Freddie Mercury (Farokh Balsara).”
Lord Karan Bilimoria, UK’s beer baron, Indian Express, October 12, 2007
“Capitalism without failure is like Christianity without hell.”
Warren Buffet, the world’s greatest investor, Time, May 19, 2008
“If you’re on a beach and a tsunami hits, you’ll drown whether you’re a small child or an Olympic swimmer. Some things will go bad no matter how good you are.”
Lloyd Blankfein, CEO, Goldman Sachs, in Fortune, Business Today, April 6, 2008
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