Quotes
So they say
“IVF (in vitro fertilization) has offered one of the greatest recourses to same-sex parents. Freezing of eggs and ovaries becomes a viable option for young unmarried women afflicted with breast or other cancers. Society must nurture the needs of all.”
Dr Firuza Parikh, Bombay-based fertility specialist, Sunday Mid Day, April 17, 2011
“We have constantly adapted to the places we moved out to. That’s a part of being a refugee race. Unless you bend, you will break.”
Perviz Dara Bhote, former professor of MOP Vaishnav College, quoted in an article on Madras Parsis, Express News Service
“We are severely short-staffed and the business isn’t
encouraging. I am fed up of running this place under
such trying circumstances. In the last three years, migrant laborers have been very hard to find. There are days when I don’t know if I will be able to open the hotel the next day, but we will love to see it complete a century.”
Meheraban Kola, Sassanian Boulangerie, Mumbai Mirror, April 24, 2011
“I believe that to know when you have enough is to be rich. There is no need to earn pots of money. By God’s grace, I have got enough and I am completely content with the modest money we make. Also,
I don’t feel intimidated by all the other upscale hotels as nobody
can match us on price and our clientele is also different.”
Jahangir Aga, Aga Brothers food outlet, Mumbai Mirror, April 24, 2011
“The philosophy of Sir Dorabji Tata was ‘a diamond in a bank
is just a diamond, but sold and its proceeds intelligently used can enrich the lives of thousands.’ This was in reference to his 245 carat jubilee diamond twice as large as the Kohinoor!”
Dolly Dastoor, editor, FEZANA Journal — Spring 2011
“Leverage is a dangerous beast. It can’t ever turn a
bad investment good, but it can turn a good investment bad.”
James Montier of GMO, Sundaram Asset Management newsletter,
The Wise Investor, March 2011
“I go by the Toyota concept. It states the wastage (of water)
out of any Toyota factory can’t be more than one mug per day. The same concept can be done in housing complexes and we have done it.”
Boman Irani, chairman and managing director, Rustomjee
Builders, DNA, April 18, 2011
Dr Firuza Parikh, Bombay-based fertility specialist, Sunday Mid Day, April 17, 2011
“We have constantly adapted to the places we moved out to. That’s a part of being a refugee race. Unless you bend, you will break.”
Perviz Dara Bhote, former professor of MOP Vaishnav College, quoted in an article on Madras Parsis, Express News Service
“We are severely short-staffed and the business isn’t
encouraging. I am fed up of running this place under
such trying circumstances. In the last three years, migrant laborers have been very hard to find. There are days when I don’t know if I will be able to open the hotel the next day, but we will love to see it complete a century.”
Meheraban Kola, Sassanian Boulangerie, Mumbai Mirror, April 24, 2011
“I believe that to know when you have enough is to be rich. There is no need to earn pots of money. By God’s grace, I have got enough and I am completely content with the modest money we make. Also,
I don’t feel intimidated by all the other upscale hotels as nobody
can match us on price and our clientele is also different.”
Jahangir Aga, Aga Brothers food outlet, Mumbai Mirror, April 24, 2011
“The philosophy of Sir Dorabji Tata was ‘a diamond in a bank
is just a diamond, but sold and its proceeds intelligently used can enrich the lives of thousands.’ This was in reference to his 245 carat jubilee diamond twice as large as the Kohinoor!”
Dolly Dastoor, editor, FEZANA Journal — Spring 2011
“Leverage is a dangerous beast. It can’t ever turn a
bad investment good, but it can turn a good investment bad.”
James Montier of GMO, Sundaram Asset Management newsletter,
The Wise Investor, March 2011
“I go by the Toyota concept. It states the wastage (of water)
out of any Toyota factory can’t be more than one mug per day. The same concept can be done in housing complexes and we have done it.”
Boman Irani, chairman and managing director, Rustomjee
Builders, DNA, April 18, 2011
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