Quotes
So they say
"I believe I am a softer person today, maybe less decisive than I was when I took over, less idealistic,
more pragmatic about what can be done and what cannot, and much more aware of the need to communicate.”
Ratan Tata, chairman emeritus,
Tata Group, Tata Sons website
reprinted in DNA, December 7, 2012
"Some 50 percent of the Indian population is below 25 years of age, while the average age of people availing HDFC
(Housing Development Finance Corporation) loans is 37. So, many more Indians will buy a house in the next five to 10 years.”
(Housing Development Finance Corporation) loans is 37. So, many more Indians will buy a house in the next five to 10 years.”
Keki Mistry, chief executive officer,
HDFC, DNA, December 7, 2012
"Women who may not actually be raped physically are subjected to all kinds of violation. And the assault begins with words.”
Smriti Irani, member of parliament,
Mumbai Mirror, December 24, 2012
"I’ve been a publisher since I was 27 years old. At the time I thought that was because I was some kind of superstar, but in
hindsight I think I was the only one dumb enough to take the job at the time.”
hindsight I think I was the only one dumb enough to take the job at the time.”
Bill Masterson Jr,
publisher of The Times of Northwest Indiana,
quoted in Editor and Publisher, November 2012
"If somebody challenges me and attempts to decide my destiny, it is something which I cannot
and will not accept. I have only responded to a challenge and
have never entered into a dispute unless I have felt wronged.”
and will not accept. I have only responded to a challenge and
have never entered into a dispute unless I have felt wronged.”
Nusli Wadia, chairman, Wadia Group,
Business Standard, November 5, 2012
Business Standard, November 5, 2012
"Going to (the Parsi owned) Regal was like going to Rome or another European city.
Behind it was the Taj Mahal hotel. In front of it stood the majestic Cowasji
Jehangir Public Hall, which is now the National Gallery of Modern
Art. The insides of the theater were as dreamy as the set of
Hollywood films screened here.”
Jehangir Public Hall, which is now the National Gallery of Modern
Art. The insides of the theater were as dreamy as the set of
Hollywood films screened here.”
Rafique Bagdadi, film critic and amateur historian,
Mumbai Mirror, October 28, 2012
"It is more difficult to give money away intelligently than
to earn it in the first place.”
to earn it in the first place.”
Andrew Carnegie’s The Gospel of
Wealth quoted by Noshir Dadrawala in
Philanthropy, July-August 2012
"In India, we don’t want to engineer success, we want to inherit success.
We still don’t understand what it takes to build.”
Subroto Bagchi, executive chairman and co-founder, Mindtree, Mint, September 29, 2012
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