Quotes
So they say
“You don’t look 75. You did once, though.”
Barry Cryer, stalwart wit, wishing oldie editor Richard Ingrams a happy birthday, The Mail, (UK), August 26, 2012
“Is this the first article you read today? If so, there’s a good chance you’ll enjoy it. The order in which people experience things affects their opinion of them: they tend to like the first option best.”
Result of a new study by Dana Carney of Berkeley’s Haas School of Business and Mahzarin Banaji of Harvard
University, Schumpeter Blog,The Economist, August 24, 2012
“Bhuleshwar and Kalbadevi are not areas that many wish to conserve or discuss in the same manner that some citizens and professionals lamenting over the destruction of history and morality inparts of south Bombay would like to preserve even a dry fire hydrant.”
Kaiwan Mehta, author of Alice in Bhuleshwar: Navigating a Mumbai Neighborhood, The Economist, August 18, 2012
“When you see things going wrong, it’s often because companies have compromised on their values. A professor I know used to say that your values are the one thing that shouldn’t change over the years — it is how you interpret and apply them that will evolve with time.”
Farhad Forbes, director, Forbes Marshall, The Economic Times, August 3, 2012
“Even today, there isn’t a quality music hall here. I wish we could have just one less mall — and one more hall.”
Zubin Mehta, maestro, The Times of India, July 30, 2012
“We call it the ‘butt and brush effect;’ that is, unless you touch or feel someone while shopping, there’s no fun in shopping.”
Kishore Biyani, founder and chief executive officer, Future Group, The Gateway, the bulletin of the Rotary Club of Bombay, July 17-23, 2012
“A great problem is our refusal to change with changing times. The first modern and benevolent step that the Punchayet can
take is to treat women who marry non-Parsis the same way
as they treat Parsi men who marry outside the community.”
Rustom Marshal, senior lawyer, Business Standard, July 7, 2012
“I didn’t have the will to crush the unions. I might have
had the desire.”
Rupert Murdoch, head, News Corp, The Economic Times, May 3, 2012
Barry Cryer, stalwart wit, wishing oldie editor Richard Ingrams a happy birthday, The Mail, (UK), August 26, 2012
“Is this the first article you read today? If so, there’s a good chance you’ll enjoy it. The order in which people experience things affects their opinion of them: they tend to like the first option best.”
Result of a new study by Dana Carney of Berkeley’s Haas School of Business and Mahzarin Banaji of Harvard
University, Schumpeter Blog,The Economist, August 24, 2012
“Bhuleshwar and Kalbadevi are not areas that many wish to conserve or discuss in the same manner that some citizens and professionals lamenting over the destruction of history and morality inparts of south Bombay would like to preserve even a dry fire hydrant.”
Kaiwan Mehta, author of Alice in Bhuleshwar: Navigating a Mumbai Neighborhood, The Economist, August 18, 2012
“When you see things going wrong, it’s often because companies have compromised on their values. A professor I know used to say that your values are the one thing that shouldn’t change over the years — it is how you interpret and apply them that will evolve with time.”
Farhad Forbes, director, Forbes Marshall, The Economic Times, August 3, 2012
“Even today, there isn’t a quality music hall here. I wish we could have just one less mall — and one more hall.”
Zubin Mehta, maestro, The Times of India, July 30, 2012
“We call it the ‘butt and brush effect;’ that is, unless you touch or feel someone while shopping, there’s no fun in shopping.”
Kishore Biyani, founder and chief executive officer, Future Group, The Gateway, the bulletin of the Rotary Club of Bombay, July 17-23, 2012
“A great problem is our refusal to change with changing times. The first modern and benevolent step that the Punchayet can
take is to treat women who marry non-Parsis the same way
as they treat Parsi men who marry outside the community.”
Rustom Marshal, senior lawyer, Business Standard, July 7, 2012
“I didn’t have the will to crush the unions. I might have
had the desire.”
Rupert Murdoch, head, News Corp, The Economic Times, May 3, 2012
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