Quotes

"Political parties are, by definition, unethical in the sense of not being able to distinguish between what is morally right and morally wrong.”

Fali Nariman, eminent jurist,
The Indian Express, August 4, 2016

"I just want someone to hold my hand and take me outdoors, help me pick vegetables or go for
a walk once a week.”

Katuyan Ratan Bhagat, former typist,
resident of Avabai Petit Home for Parsi widows, DNA, August 7, 2016

"If you’re going through
hell, keep going.”

Winston Churchill, former British
Prime Minister, The Economic
Times, August 29, 2016

"In my 13 years, I have not
been late on a single day
because I respect a
producer’s time and money.”

John Abraham, actor, whose mother
Pheroza is a Parsi, Hindustan Times,
August 9, 2016

"People do come with questions like (whether) conceiving a
twin, eating spicy and non-
vegetarian food can affect
their conception rate.”

Dr Firuza Parikh, director, Jaslok
FertilTree, Jaslok Hospital and
Research Center, Afternoon Despatch
and Courier, August 16, 2016

"It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; It’s the pebble in your shoe.”

Muhammad Ali, late boxer, Hindustan Times, August 19, 2016

"If the client isn’t comfortable,
the trendiest interior that you
may have done is not the
correct design solution.”

Zarir Mullan, architect, Design Matrix,
January-February, 2014, submitted by
reader Rashid Khosravi
"In their dreams, the Brexiteers see and talk about Great Britain leading a rejuvenated ‘British’ Commonwealth. In today’s harsher reality what they will achieve is an isolated and poorer Little England.”

Farrukh Dhondy, writer,
The Times of India, June 25, 2016

"I never met my dad since I was born posthumously, but my mom was a big influence. She realized I probably had learning disabilities: dysgraphia and dyslexia which we came to know more about thanks to Aamir Khan. The technical term
in those days was ‘duffer.’”

Boman Irani, actor, The
Economic Times, May 25-31, 2016

"Booms and busts are not
aberrations. They are intrinsic
to market democracies.”

Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar,
journalist, whose late wife was a Parsi,
The Economic Times, May 25, 2016