Quotes
So they say
“We need more money for health and more health for the money.”
Prof V. Ramalingaswamy, former director, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, quoted by Dr Julio Frenk, dean of Harvad School of Public Health, The Indian Express, March 14, 2012
“The common factor in good leaders is wisdom. You do not have to be the most intelligent person in the world but I think wisdom is very important to choose to do the right thing.”
Adi Godrej, chairman, Godrej Group, Hindustan Times, March 9, 2012
“We are not in talks with any private equity player for funds; all investments are being taken care through internal accruals as we are a cash-rich company and our assets run into more than Rs 1,000 crore.”
Piruz Khambatta, chairman, Rasna, The Economic Times, March 21, 2012
“Like any family, they wanted the child to take a more secure route. And getting a job was the more secure route. With my qualifications, I should have gone into banking or something like that. But I really believed in my idea.”
Karan Bilimoria, founder of Cobra beer, The Financial Express, March 23, 2012
““Every time there’s a technological advance, people say no one will go to concerts or movies anymore. But that’s not what happens finally.”
Zarin Mehta, president and executive director, The New York Philharmonic, The Times of India, March 18, 2012
“It was also intellectually the period in which Western culture moved from an essentially fundamentalist religious outlook to one that was much more liberal and plural. Religious tolerance was an important precondition for sexual tolerance.”
Faramrez Dabhoiwala, lecturer of history at Oxford University, The Origins of Sex: A History of the First Sexual Revolution, Mumbai Mirror, March 4, 2012
“The average age to enter prostitution round the world is
13. Many of them have been sexually abused by their father
or their uncles or their grandfathers. Sex has been perverted for them — it has been stolen from them at an early age.”
Corban Addison, author of A Walk Across the Sun,
Mid Day, March 14, 2012
“Newspapers remain highly valued as trophy assets. Horses are for gamblers, newspapers are for the more intellectual.”
Lorna Tilbian, media analyst at Numis Securities, The Independent reprinted in The Economic Times, March 3, 2012
Prof V. Ramalingaswamy, former director, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, quoted by Dr Julio Frenk, dean of Harvad School of Public Health, The Indian Express, March 14, 2012
“The common factor in good leaders is wisdom. You do not have to be the most intelligent person in the world but I think wisdom is very important to choose to do the right thing.”
Adi Godrej, chairman, Godrej Group, Hindustan Times, March 9, 2012
“We are not in talks with any private equity player for funds; all investments are being taken care through internal accruals as we are a cash-rich company and our assets run into more than Rs 1,000 crore.”
Piruz Khambatta, chairman, Rasna, The Economic Times, March 21, 2012
“Like any family, they wanted the child to take a more secure route. And getting a job was the more secure route. With my qualifications, I should have gone into banking or something like that. But I really believed in my idea.”
Karan Bilimoria, founder of Cobra beer, The Financial Express, March 23, 2012
““Every time there’s a technological advance, people say no one will go to concerts or movies anymore. But that’s not what happens finally.”
Zarin Mehta, president and executive director, The New York Philharmonic, The Times of India, March 18, 2012
“It was also intellectually the period in which Western culture moved from an essentially fundamentalist religious outlook to one that was much more liberal and plural. Religious tolerance was an important precondition for sexual tolerance.”
Faramrez Dabhoiwala, lecturer of history at Oxford University, The Origins of Sex: A History of the First Sexual Revolution, Mumbai Mirror, March 4, 2012
“The average age to enter prostitution round the world is
13. Many of them have been sexually abused by their father
or their uncles or their grandfathers. Sex has been perverted for them — it has been stolen from them at an early age.”
Corban Addison, author of A Walk Across the Sun,
Mid Day, March 14, 2012
“Newspapers remain highly valued as trophy assets. Horses are for gamblers, newspapers are for the more intellectual.”
Lorna Tilbian, media analyst at Numis Securities, The Independent reprinted in The Economic Times, March 3, 2012
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