Quotes
So they say
“Pakistan Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto used to say that Pakistan had lost the war to a ‘bloody Parsi,’ referring to Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw. At that time I did not know that Lt Gen
J. F. R. Jacob was a Jew, or else I would have told Bhutto
saab, ‘Sir, Pakistan lost the war against the troika of a
Parsi, a Sikh (Lt Gen Jagjit Singh Aurora) and a Jew.’”
Jamsheed Marker, veteran Pakistani diplomat, The Week, May 27, 2012
“One percent of people will always be honest and never steal. Another one percent will always be dishonest and always try to pick your lock and steal your television; locks won’t do much to protect you from the hardened thieves who can get into your house if they really want to. The purpose of locks, the locksmith said, is to protect you from the 98 percent of mostly honest people who might be tempted to try your door if it had no lock.”
Dan Ariely, Israeli American professor of psychology and economics,
The Wall Street Journal, reprinted in the Mint, May 28, 2012
“I don’t believe in taking right decisions. I take decisions and then make them right.”
Ratan Tata, chairman, Tata Sons, The Economic Times, May 25, 2012
“A lot of physical archives are lying in utter neglect. Some are forgotten in locked rooms and some are facing government apathy. In fact, digital archives bypass all these cumbersome formalities —
and conservation costs — and provide easy access to the viewer or researcher.”
Deepika Sorabjee, trained as a doctor, is now retraining as an art
conservationist, The Economic Times, May 2, 2012
“In the 1970s, when we used to play we got nothing at all as match fees. In fact, we used to pay out of our own pocket to play. On my first overseas tour in 1976 to Australia-New Zealand, only those who could pay the airfare went. In a way, we literally bought
our places in the team.”
Diana Edulji, one of the best-known names in women’s cricket, Mid Day, May 24, 2012
“Cricket is fun, but it is also serious business.”
Ness Wadia, co-owner of the IPL Kings XI Punjab team, Bombay
Times, May 16, 2012
“Two months ago, a shopper walked into the FCML lifestyle retail store in New Delhi looking for a wash basin. He found one that he liked, with a price tag of Rs 2.5 crore, the price of a fairly large apartment in most parts of India. He took it.”
Mint, June 1, 2012
J. F. R. Jacob was a Jew, or else I would have told Bhutto
saab, ‘Sir, Pakistan lost the war against the troika of a
Parsi, a Sikh (Lt Gen Jagjit Singh Aurora) and a Jew.’”
Jamsheed Marker, veteran Pakistani diplomat, The Week, May 27, 2012
“One percent of people will always be honest and never steal. Another one percent will always be dishonest and always try to pick your lock and steal your television; locks won’t do much to protect you from the hardened thieves who can get into your house if they really want to. The purpose of locks, the locksmith said, is to protect you from the 98 percent of mostly honest people who might be tempted to try your door if it had no lock.”
Dan Ariely, Israeli American professor of psychology and economics,
The Wall Street Journal, reprinted in the Mint, May 28, 2012
“I don’t believe in taking right decisions. I take decisions and then make them right.”
Ratan Tata, chairman, Tata Sons, The Economic Times, May 25, 2012
“A lot of physical archives are lying in utter neglect. Some are forgotten in locked rooms and some are facing government apathy. In fact, digital archives bypass all these cumbersome formalities —
and conservation costs — and provide easy access to the viewer or researcher.”
Deepika Sorabjee, trained as a doctor, is now retraining as an art
conservationist, The Economic Times, May 2, 2012
“In the 1970s, when we used to play we got nothing at all as match fees. In fact, we used to pay out of our own pocket to play. On my first overseas tour in 1976 to Australia-New Zealand, only those who could pay the airfare went. In a way, we literally bought
our places in the team.”
Diana Edulji, one of the best-known names in women’s cricket, Mid Day, May 24, 2012
“Cricket is fun, but it is also serious business.”
Ness Wadia, co-owner of the IPL Kings XI Punjab team, Bombay
Times, May 16, 2012
“Two months ago, a shopper walked into the FCML lifestyle retail store in New Delhi looking for a wash basin. He found one that he liked, with a price tag of Rs 2.5 crore, the price of a fairly large apartment in most parts of India. He took it.”
Mint, June 1, 2012
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