Quotes
So they say
“There aren’t loopholes in law; there are loopholes in our characters.”
Sarosh H. Kapadia, chief justice of India, DNA, July 25, 2011
“After my death, wash my body, wrap it with the shroud
I have prepared and put it in a stone coffin. Place the coffin in
the grave and leave it uncovered to remind you, whenever you
visit my grave, that even your father and the king of 25
countries dies. You will too.This is everyone’s destiny, whether a king of 25 countries or a prickly bush-picker.
No one is eternal.”
Achemenid king Darius the Great quoted by Ardeshir Cowasjee,
Dawn, June 12, 2011, reprinted in Mahila, July 14, 2011
“He went to the wicket with a white band around his forehand, giving him quite the air of the inmate of some hospital, and a still whiter apron dangling from his waist, which was encircled by the sacred thread of his faith. Thus equipped, with patent leather boots and silken trousers, he was a fit study for an artist.”
From an early book on Parsi cricket, Mint, July 23, 2011
“Before you even start negotiating a deal, you have to get a buy-in from the client on when you should walk away. You have to agree on what the must-haves are and what can be traded. Otherwise the negotiations can go on ad nauseum.”
Zia Mody, founder, AZB & Partners, The Economic Times, July 22, 2011
“In Adarsh (the controversial building allegedly built without the required clearances and in violation of several laws) there is not one developer involved, in any side of this spectrum. Not from the approvals, not from the building, not from the buying, not from the society’s name — nowhere. But the industry got tainted...”
Boman Irani, Keystone Realtors, Mint, June 27, 2011
“Only you see I have a good many Indian friends — some of them very distinguished — and as you know, they are not allowed to enter the (Yacht) Club. So I don’t go either…it seems to me rather odd considering that India is their country.”
Mr Wainwright to Mr Smithers in Louis Bromfield’s novel Night in Bombay, 1940, submitted by Simin Patel
“The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win,
you’re still a rat.”
Jane Wagner, Reader’s Digest, July 2011
Sarosh H. Kapadia, chief justice of India, DNA, July 25, 2011
“After my death, wash my body, wrap it with the shroud
I have prepared and put it in a stone coffin. Place the coffin in
the grave and leave it uncovered to remind you, whenever you
visit my grave, that even your father and the king of 25
countries dies. You will too.This is everyone’s destiny, whether a king of 25 countries or a prickly bush-picker.
No one is eternal.”
Achemenid king Darius the Great quoted by Ardeshir Cowasjee,
Dawn, June 12, 2011, reprinted in Mahila, July 14, 2011
“He went to the wicket with a white band around his forehand, giving him quite the air of the inmate of some hospital, and a still whiter apron dangling from his waist, which was encircled by the sacred thread of his faith. Thus equipped, with patent leather boots and silken trousers, he was a fit study for an artist.”
From an early book on Parsi cricket, Mint, July 23, 2011
“Before you even start negotiating a deal, you have to get a buy-in from the client on when you should walk away. You have to agree on what the must-haves are and what can be traded. Otherwise the negotiations can go on ad nauseum.”
Zia Mody, founder, AZB & Partners, The Economic Times, July 22, 2011
“In Adarsh (the controversial building allegedly built without the required clearances and in violation of several laws) there is not one developer involved, in any side of this spectrum. Not from the approvals, not from the building, not from the buying, not from the society’s name — nowhere. But the industry got tainted...”
Boman Irani, Keystone Realtors, Mint, June 27, 2011
“Only you see I have a good many Indian friends — some of them very distinguished — and as you know, they are not allowed to enter the (Yacht) Club. So I don’t go either…it seems to me rather odd considering that India is their country.”
Mr Wainwright to Mr Smithers in Louis Bromfield’s novel Night in Bombay, 1940, submitted by Simin Patel
“The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win,
you’re still a rat.”
Jane Wagner, Reader’s Digest, July 2011
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