Quotes
So they say
“The culture of an organization gets formed by the habits of
people and the way they do things every week. If you really want to change that, then you have to change the culture in such a way that people deeply believe that they have to do something different, something new, every day.”
Jamshyd N. Godrej, chairman and managing director, Godrej and Boyce, Change, July-December 2009
“A Holy Scripture of any religion is not a university exercise of dry, barren linguistics. All holy scriptures are mantric compositions vibrating with mystical truths, practical teachings of day-to-day life on earth, and tearful and blissful songs of devotion.”
Parsi Avaz, April-May-June 2009
“Running 21 km on a treadmill is not the same as running the same distance on the streets of Bombay. So besides running in the gym, you should also run on city roads once or twice a week (if you want to participate in a marathon).”
Dr Aashish Contractor, medical director of the Bombay Marathon, 2010 and head of the department of preventive cardiology at the Asian Heart Institute, DNA, January 17, 2010
“Do not rely too much on the court to save your liberties — instead rely on yourselves.”
Judge Learned Hand quoted by Fali Nariman, The Indian Express,
June 29, 2009
“It will be a sad day indeed when spirited discussions on the latest ‘damn good read’ become yet another relic of the ‘good old days.’”
Firoze Hirjikaka, columnist, Freedom First, June 2009
“When you’re a model, you are just a face in the campaign
and simply marketing the product. But as an actor, you are vouching for the product so you have to be more responsible.”
Arjun Rampal, actor whose wife is a Parsi, Hindustan Times,
September 17, 2009
“Most ‘immigrant’ writers, let’s say ones in the US who are in their own lives extremely smug with their green cards and professional spouses... write a lot of dishonest, tear-jerking rot about being miserable immigrants with a crisis of identity. One feels like saying ‘don’t suffer, go home.’”
Farrukh Dhondy, London based scripwriter, DNA, July 24, 2009
“When in doubt, tell the truth...Always do right. This will gratify
some people and astonish the rest.”
Mark Twain quoted by Ellen Albanese, Span, September/October 2009
people and the way they do things every week. If you really want to change that, then you have to change the culture in such a way that people deeply believe that they have to do something different, something new, every day.”
Jamshyd N. Godrej, chairman and managing director, Godrej and Boyce, Change, July-December 2009
“A Holy Scripture of any religion is not a university exercise of dry, barren linguistics. All holy scriptures are mantric compositions vibrating with mystical truths, practical teachings of day-to-day life on earth, and tearful and blissful songs of devotion.”
Parsi Avaz, April-May-June 2009
“Running 21 km on a treadmill is not the same as running the same distance on the streets of Bombay. So besides running in the gym, you should also run on city roads once or twice a week (if you want to participate in a marathon).”
Dr Aashish Contractor, medical director of the Bombay Marathon, 2010 and head of the department of preventive cardiology at the Asian Heart Institute, DNA, January 17, 2010
“Do not rely too much on the court to save your liberties — instead rely on yourselves.”
Judge Learned Hand quoted by Fali Nariman, The Indian Express,
June 29, 2009
“It will be a sad day indeed when spirited discussions on the latest ‘damn good read’ become yet another relic of the ‘good old days.’”
Firoze Hirjikaka, columnist, Freedom First, June 2009
“When you’re a model, you are just a face in the campaign
and simply marketing the product. But as an actor, you are vouching for the product so you have to be more responsible.”
Arjun Rampal, actor whose wife is a Parsi, Hindustan Times,
September 17, 2009
“Most ‘immigrant’ writers, let’s say ones in the US who are in their own lives extremely smug with their green cards and professional spouses... write a lot of dishonest, tear-jerking rot about being miserable immigrants with a crisis of identity. One feels like saying ‘don’t suffer, go home.’”
Farrukh Dhondy, London based scripwriter, DNA, July 24, 2009
“When in doubt, tell the truth...Always do right. This will gratify
some people and astonish the rest.”
Mark Twain quoted by Ellen Albanese, Span, September/October 2009
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