Quotes
So they say
“When he runs a red light without getting caught, he finds a cop and insists on paying a fine. It’s the sort of thing only a Parsi would do.”
Sarit Ray, film critic, on the film Ferrari Ki Sawaari, Hindustan Times, June 16, 2012
“The Indian film industry is a miracle in itself. Let’s face it; life in Bombay is very stressful and difficult. Making films is
for passionately crazy people. People who let one film decide their fate for the rest of their lives are certainly crazy.”
Boman Irani, actor, DNA, June 5, 2012
“I am an adventurer at heart, so just because one outing didn’t work, doesn’t mean I’ll stick to the safe path the next time around. I’ll never give up taking risks. Why my very first production Vicky Donor deals with a topic like sperm donation.”
John Abraham, actor whose mother is a Parsi, DNA, March 5, 2012
“Founders in India are too obsessed with control and don’t know when to let go to the next level... I think I’ve made a big bet but the right decision.”
Ronnie Screwvala, managing director, Walt Disney Company India on selling UTV, the company he built up, The Economic Times, June 15, 2012
“I did it (Cannes Lions 2012 judging) because it is Cannes
and because they are putting me up for six nights. Also I want
to see the best work in this category and learn something.
I’m slightly intimidated since the rest of the jurors really
know what they are talking about. Maybe I should just
shut up and listen.”
Cyrus Oshidar, creative director, Bawa Broadcasting, on his selection to judge branded content and entertainment at the Cannes Lions 2012 competition, The Economic
Times, June 13, 2012
“Indian sexual culture today is a fascinating mix of fundamentalist and patriarchal views, growing female and gay empowerment, an explosion of urban living and mass communication, and an increasing exposure to Western ideals of sexual equality and explicitness.”
Faramerz Dabhoiwala, lecturer of history at Oxford University, The Origins of Sex: A History of the First Sexual Revolution, Mumbai Mirror, March 4, 2012
“My mother became my enemy when she found out that her son was a sissy. This was an unbearable cross to a sensitive boy who loved his mother who shielded him from a disciplinarian father.”
Hoshang Merchant, author and professor, University of Hyderabad, Hamazor, publication of the World Zoroastrian Organisation, Issue 1, 2012
“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.”
Fredrick Douglas, American abolitionist, orator, statesman and social reformer, Education World, January 2012, reprinted in Freedom First, May 2012
“When you have such a long border, why should things move from Karachi to Lahore and from Delhi to Bombay? (They) should move from Karachi to Bombay and Lahore to Delhi. There’s huge trade opportunity in almost every sector, especially when logistically it is beneficial.”
Adi Godrej, president, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and chairman, Godrej Group, The Times of India, May 5, 2012
“The Kauffman Foundation’s most recent study of start-ups discovered that people aged 55 to 64 accounted for nearly 23 percent of new entrepreneurs in 2010, compared with under
15 percent in 1996.”
The Economist reprinted in The Indian Express, February 28, 2012
“When I took over in November 2005, the only ‘modern’ equipment in the chief minister’s office was a Remington typewriter... The state which (once) functioned on a Remington typewriter
won the e-gov award.”
Nitesh Kumar, chief minister, Bihar, The Economic Times, June 19, 2012
“We are the first multinational company (MNC) to invest in Bihar and we are now up and running. We have upgraded the brewery and doubled its capacity. We are the only brewery in Bihar and the only MNC in the state today. So the fact that a Fortune 500 company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (Molson Coors) has invested in Bihar shows the faith that we have in the state and its potential.”
Lord Karan Bilimoria, founder of Cobra beer,The Financial Express, March 23, 2012
“If you solve a crisis that is a historic crisis and don’t solve
the current crisis with action that is sufficiently bold and large enough to resolve it, you will have another crisis.”
John Hourican, chief executive officer, markets and international banking at Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), Mint, May 31, 2012
“As an investor, one always wants to be moving against
the crowd. I think when people are euphoric, one should be cautious and when people are scared one should be optimistic... In general, one wants to be buying when people are scared.”
Richard Titherington, managing director and head, global emerging markets, JPMorgan Asset Management, Mint, June 13, 2012
“Accused of having been caught naked, Marilyn Monroe replied: ‘It’s not true that I had nothing on. I had the radio on.”
Karan Thapar, Hindustan Times, June 17, 2012
Sarit Ray, film critic, on the film Ferrari Ki Sawaari, Hindustan Times, June 16, 2012
“The Indian film industry is a miracle in itself. Let’s face it; life in Bombay is very stressful and difficult. Making films is
for passionately crazy people. People who let one film decide their fate for the rest of their lives are certainly crazy.”
Boman Irani, actor, DNA, June 5, 2012
“I am an adventurer at heart, so just because one outing didn’t work, doesn’t mean I’ll stick to the safe path the next time around. I’ll never give up taking risks. Why my very first production Vicky Donor deals with a topic like sperm donation.”
John Abraham, actor whose mother is a Parsi, DNA, March 5, 2012
“Founders in India are too obsessed with control and don’t know when to let go to the next level... I think I’ve made a big bet but the right decision.”
Ronnie Screwvala, managing director, Walt Disney Company India on selling UTV, the company he built up, The Economic Times, June 15, 2012
“I did it (Cannes Lions 2012 judging) because it is Cannes
and because they are putting me up for six nights. Also I want
to see the best work in this category and learn something.
I’m slightly intimidated since the rest of the jurors really
know what they are talking about. Maybe I should just
shut up and listen.”
Cyrus Oshidar, creative director, Bawa Broadcasting, on his selection to judge branded content and entertainment at the Cannes Lions 2012 competition, The Economic
Times, June 13, 2012
“Indian sexual culture today is a fascinating mix of fundamentalist and patriarchal views, growing female and gay empowerment, an explosion of urban living and mass communication, and an increasing exposure to Western ideals of sexual equality and explicitness.”
Faramerz Dabhoiwala, lecturer of history at Oxford University, The Origins of Sex: A History of the First Sexual Revolution, Mumbai Mirror, March 4, 2012
“My mother became my enemy when she found out that her son was a sissy. This was an unbearable cross to a sensitive boy who loved his mother who shielded him from a disciplinarian father.”
Hoshang Merchant, author and professor, University of Hyderabad, Hamazor, publication of the World Zoroastrian Organisation, Issue 1, 2012
“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.”
Fredrick Douglas, American abolitionist, orator, statesman and social reformer, Education World, January 2012, reprinted in Freedom First, May 2012
“When you have such a long border, why should things move from Karachi to Lahore and from Delhi to Bombay? (They) should move from Karachi to Bombay and Lahore to Delhi. There’s huge trade opportunity in almost every sector, especially when logistically it is beneficial.”
Adi Godrej, president, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and chairman, Godrej Group, The Times of India, May 5, 2012
“The Kauffman Foundation’s most recent study of start-ups discovered that people aged 55 to 64 accounted for nearly 23 percent of new entrepreneurs in 2010, compared with under
15 percent in 1996.”
The Economist reprinted in The Indian Express, February 28, 2012
“When I took over in November 2005, the only ‘modern’ equipment in the chief minister’s office was a Remington typewriter... The state which (once) functioned on a Remington typewriter
won the e-gov award.”
Nitesh Kumar, chief minister, Bihar, The Economic Times, June 19, 2012
“We are the first multinational company (MNC) to invest in Bihar and we are now up and running. We have upgraded the brewery and doubled its capacity. We are the only brewery in Bihar and the only MNC in the state today. So the fact that a Fortune 500 company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (Molson Coors) has invested in Bihar shows the faith that we have in the state and its potential.”
Lord Karan Bilimoria, founder of Cobra beer,The Financial Express, March 23, 2012
“If you solve a crisis that is a historic crisis and don’t solve
the current crisis with action that is sufficiently bold and large enough to resolve it, you will have another crisis.”
John Hourican, chief executive officer, markets and international banking at Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), Mint, May 31, 2012
“As an investor, one always wants to be moving against
the crowd. I think when people are euphoric, one should be cautious and when people are scared one should be optimistic... In general, one wants to be buying when people are scared.”
Richard Titherington, managing director and head, global emerging markets, JPMorgan Asset Management, Mint, June 13, 2012
“Accused of having been caught naked, Marilyn Monroe replied: ‘It’s not true that I had nothing on. I had the radio on.”
Karan Thapar, Hindustan Times, June 17, 2012
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