Quotes
So they say
"The saddest part is that everyone in the government and the bureaucracy knows what is
wrong with the system and what needs to be done, and yet there is no action on the ground.”
Nusli Wadia, chairman, Wadia Group,
Business Standard, November 5, 2012
Business Standard, November 5, 2012
"A woman stood at the heavenly gates, her face was scarred and old; She stood before the Man of
Fate for permission to the fold. ‘What have you done,’ St. Peter asked, ‘to gain admission here?’ ‘I’ve lived in India for many
and many a year.’ The pearly gates swung open wide, St. Peter touched the bell. ‘Come in and choose your harp,’ he said, ‘you’ve had your share of hell.’”
Fate for permission to the fold. ‘What have you done,’ St. Peter asked, ‘to gain admission here?’ ‘I’ve lived in India for many
and many a year.’ The pearly gates swung open wide, St. Peter touched the bell. ‘Come in and choose your harp,’ he said, ‘you’ve had your share of hell.’”
Adaptation of a poem by an unknown author by thespian Mahabanoo Kotwal, theater and film personality who brought The Vagina
Monologues to the stage in India, The Gateway, October 30 to November 5, 2012
Monologues to the stage in India, The Gateway, October 30 to November 5, 2012
"Had it not been for the Parsis, there would have been no Gandhi. Especially Parsi Rustomjee whose real name was Rustomjee
Jeevanji Ghorkhodu (it means grave digger). He was the one who really supported and backed him in a very big way in Durban.”
Jeevanji Ghorkhodu (it means grave digger). He was the one who really supported and backed him in a very big way in Durban.”
Gopalkrishna Gandhi, Gandhiji’s grandson quoted in a talk with Farida Master of Auckland
"Read as many books as you can, and choose them wisely, because there are only so many you can read in a lifetime.”
Avan Jesia, author, Asian Age, December 2, 2012
"Sometimes when we were in doubt about the merits of a proposal, Prof (Rustum) Choksi would say,
‘On compassionate grounds, let us give it.’”
Noshir Dadrawala, head, Centre for the Advancement of Philanthropy, in
Philanthropy, July-August 2012
Philanthropy, July-August 2012
"It is important to remember that businesses don’t compete, leaders do.”
Ram Charan, business advisor, speaker and writer, Hindustan Times,
November 29, 2012
November 29, 2012
"An empty taxi drew up outside 10 Downing Street and (British Prime Minister Mr Clement)
Attlee got out.”
Attlee got out.”
British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill quoted by John Humphrys in
The Daily Telegraph, reprinted in DNA, December 2, 2012
"The bad news is Iran is capable of making a nuclear bomb. The good news is they have to
drop it from a camel.”
drop it from a camel.”
David Letterman, American TV host, The Economic Times, October 10, 2012
"We hang petty thieves but appoint the great ones to public office.”
Aesop, quoted by Karan Thapar, Hindustan Times, September 16, 2012
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