Quotes

"I think that the church not only should apologize... to a gay
person whom it offended but it must also apologize to the poor as well, to the women who have been exploited, to children who have been exploited by (being forced to) work. It must apologize for having blessed so many weapons.”

Pope Francis, The Economic Times,
June 28, 2016

"The conservative bodies are
largely responsible for the low
status of Muslim women.
They have wrongly conveyed
to a large mass of people that
women are inferior to men.”

Noorjehan Niaz, member of the Bhartiya Muslim Mahila Andolan, The Indian
Express, June 28, 2016

"If you can identify six wonderful businesses that is all the
diversifications you need. And you will make a lot of money. And I can guarantee that going into a seventh one instead of putting more money into your first one is gotta be a terrible mistake. Very few people have gotten rich on their seventh best idea. But a lot
of people have gotten rich
with their best idea.”

Warren Buffett, investor, The
Economic Times, June 6, 2016

"British voters seem to believe
EU (European Union) immigrants currently make up 15% of the population — in fact, the number
is only five percent.”

Faramerz Dabhoiwala, author,
The Times of India, June 22, 2016

"The Brexiteers didn’t go on to
say that immigrants to this country
contribute £27 billion (approx.
Rs 2.44 lakh crore) more to the exchequer in taxes than they take in welfare benefits and services.”

Farrukh Dhondy, writer,
The Times of India, June 25, 2016
"The axe forgets; the
tree remembers.”

African proverb, Reader’s Digest,
June 2016

"Must say the rain machines (used when shooting rain scenes in
movies) have become more
nuanced these days. Now the
fake rain doesn’t fall like
buckets on our heads. They
have worked on various levels
of intensity for the rains.”

Boman Irani, actor, Free Press
Journal, June 19, 2016

"I get abused every day. And I don’t cry on anybody’s shoulder. I don’t play the victim card. I get abused, threatened not only on Twitter but off it also. My kids
get dragged in. It happens
to me everyday.”

Smriti Zubin Irani, when she was human resource development minister, The
Economic Times, May 25, 2016