Quotes
So they say
“Do what you can with what you have where you are.”
Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt, former US President, quoted in the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson, The Indian Express, June 1, 2012
“Our community has the largest number of people who order out.”
Tanaz Godiwalla, caterer, DNA, April 29, 2012
“I continued the process of learning about issues that affected other people, ordinary people, like taxi drivers, truck drivers, dhobis, masseurs, victoria wallahs, even drug addicts, sex workers and pimps. I learned how welcoming the man on the street is when you are interested in knowing where he comes from.”
Murzban Shroff, author, Afternoon Despatch and Courier, April 30, 2012
“It was always difficult to be published. It was difficult then, it is difficult now. If we wanted to be read we printed cyclostyled sheets and passed them around.”
Adil Jussawalla, poet, Mint, June 30, 2012
“The reason why books endure is because there are enough people who like them. It’s the only reason why books last. It’s the people who love books that make them last, not the people who attack them.”
Salman Rushdie, author, The Times of India, June 5, 2012
“In the 2011 report (Doing Business reports of the IFC/World Bank) India was a lowly 132nd of 183 countries in overall ease of doing business. In ease of starting a new business, India did worse — it came 166th. In ease of getting a construction permit — a prime area of corruption — India was 179th, or fourth last in the world.
In enforcement of contract — something supposedly essential
for any business — India came 182nd of 183 countries!”
Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar, who is married to a Parsi,
The Times of India, June 2, 2012
“The subsidy levels on the other hand... are getting out of hand. So to give you a sense, a $ 10 increase in crude oil prices, if it is not passed to the consumers, it increases the country’s subsidy bill by $ 7-8 billion per annum.”
Jal Irani, managing director (oil and gas research) at Macquarie Capital Securities, Mint, February 29, 2012
“There’s a lot of money out there now, and it doesn’t take many billionaires to push up a price. You can only buy so many yachts, and a painting is so much better to look at than a bankbook.”
Stefan Edlis, Chicago collector, speaking before the auction of Edvard Munch’s The Scream for a record $ 119.9 million
Mint, May 4, 2012
Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt, former US President, quoted in the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson, The Indian Express, June 1, 2012
“Our community has the largest number of people who order out.”
Tanaz Godiwalla, caterer, DNA, April 29, 2012
“I continued the process of learning about issues that affected other people, ordinary people, like taxi drivers, truck drivers, dhobis, masseurs, victoria wallahs, even drug addicts, sex workers and pimps. I learned how welcoming the man on the street is when you are interested in knowing where he comes from.”
Murzban Shroff, author, Afternoon Despatch and Courier, April 30, 2012
“It was always difficult to be published. It was difficult then, it is difficult now. If we wanted to be read we printed cyclostyled sheets and passed them around.”
Adil Jussawalla, poet, Mint, June 30, 2012
“The reason why books endure is because there are enough people who like them. It’s the only reason why books last. It’s the people who love books that make them last, not the people who attack them.”
Salman Rushdie, author, The Times of India, June 5, 2012
“In the 2011 report (Doing Business reports of the IFC/World Bank) India was a lowly 132nd of 183 countries in overall ease of doing business. In ease of starting a new business, India did worse — it came 166th. In ease of getting a construction permit — a prime area of corruption — India was 179th, or fourth last in the world.
In enforcement of contract — something supposedly essential
for any business — India came 182nd of 183 countries!”
Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar, who is married to a Parsi,
The Times of India, June 2, 2012
“The subsidy levels on the other hand... are getting out of hand. So to give you a sense, a $ 10 increase in crude oil prices, if it is not passed to the consumers, it increases the country’s subsidy bill by $ 7-8 billion per annum.”
Jal Irani, managing director (oil and gas research) at Macquarie Capital Securities, Mint, February 29, 2012
“There’s a lot of money out there now, and it doesn’t take many billionaires to push up a price. You can only buy so many yachts, and a painting is so much better to look at than a bankbook.”
Stefan Edlis, Chicago collector, speaking before the auction of Edvard Munch’s The Scream for a record $ 119.9 million
Mint, May 4, 2012
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