PERSONALITY QUOTES(DEC3-DEC7)
December 7, 2006
The test of the pudding is the eating.
Pranab Mukerjee,External Affairs Minister (on the India -Pakistan anti-terror mechnaism)
I have become an international gypsy.
M.F.Hussain,Artist.
India has become a laboratory where new acts of terrorism are out and then replicated in western democracies.
Brahma chellaney,Security expert.
As far as I am concerned , I don’t care if Tony Blair or Robbie Williams bowls me the first ball of the ashes series.All my team mates and I care about is winning back tghe ashes.
Justin Langer ,Australian Opener (on asked if England pacer Steve Harmison’s absence would take a bit of shine off the contest)
Even though India has all the attributes of a great power,its most striking asset was actually its soft power.
Shashi Tharoor.
The more time you spend in India ,the more you realize that this country is one of the world’s great wonders -a miracle with message.And the message is that democracy matters.
Thomas Friedman,Columnist.
As Indian market grows and wealth increases ,People definitely want to start investing outside.
Ajay Srinivasan,chief executive ,Prudential Corporation Asia .
There is going to be more and better investment opportunities in India than overseas.
John Band,Cortex Advisory.
You have a bigger and probably better universe of companies to choose from.
Andrew Holland,Executive Vice President,DSP Merril Lynch.
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PERSONALITY QUOTES
November 30, 2006
“what a country ! Part Silicon Valley;part Sone Age”.
steve Hamm,author of Banglore Tiger India,in business Week.
“Its like a hockey stick.(The Indian manufacture market ) was very,very low for many years and now it has started going up”
Jukka Lehtela, director of nokia’s India operations,in christian science monitor.
“china stil has big infrastructural bottlenecks.Indian courts may take a very long time to deliver justice ,but at least there are courts -the Chinese system is hardly as well developed “
Hans Paul Burkner,President and CEO,boston consulting group,in Business Standard.
“For me ,telecom has always been a journey not a point where telecom is going on auto-pilot.
Sunil Mittal,CMD,Bharti Group,in Indian Express.
“We didn’t cook this deal up,it wasn’t microwaved .This was like an Indian curry where you’ve got to marinate the ingradients for a long time”
James Leng,Chairman of Anglo-Dutch steelmaker corus ,after approving Tata steel’s takeover bid ,in Business Standard
“People who play in popular stocks where expectations are high ,are playing a fool’s game”
David Trainer ,founder of New constructs ,a US based independent equity research firm,in Fortune.
group06(15A)
PERSONALITY QUOTES(NOV 20-NOV 22)
November 25, 2006
The standard or referrence for all we do is
Toyota . It is a flawless machine .
SERGIO MARCHIONNE,CEO,FIAT GROUP.
What are we witness today is like an atom bomb being dropped on the economy.Everyone is running and nobody knows what to do.
(on attrition rates in the banking sector reaching 20-25% in
India)
K.RAMKUMAR,HEAD,HR,ICICI BANK.
Liquor companies have realized that the growth in spirits is flat,while beeris just okay.So they are talking to wine companies.
(on growth of wine market at 30% a year)
RAJEEV SAMANT
In 2007 calendar year we have targeted to pump in $500 million in direct equity participation in Indian companies .
(worbus to invest in 3 listed cos in
India)
GEORGE MOLAKAL, DIRECTOR OF TEXAS BASED WORBUS INTERNATIONAL .
There is enough space for the two (
India &
China) countries to develop in a mutullay supportive manner while remaining sensitive to each other’s concerns and aspiration ,as befits good neigbhours and partners for mutual benefit.(on the event of President of china Mr.Hu Jintao visit to
India)
MR.MANMOHAN SINGH,PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA.
The visit of the Chinese premier and the B-to-B meetings that will follow ,will have a wide-reaching impact on trade and commerce between the two countries.
(on the event of President of china Mr.Hu Jintao visit to
India)
T.S.VISHWANATH ,HEAD-INTERNATIONAL TRADE POLICIES,CII.
PERSONALITY QUOTES(group 06-15A)
November 8, 2006
Leadership is not magnetic personality- that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not making friends and influencing people-that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to high sights, the raising of a person’s performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.
Peter F. Drucker
The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t said
Peter F Drucker
But behavior in the human being is sometimes a defense, a way of concealing motives and thoughts, as language can be a way of hiding your thoughts and preventing communication.
Abraham Maslow
The dynamism shown by
India in the last 15 years is phenomenal.
Paul Wolfowitz
India is a rising economic influence of power in the international system. It’s a great multiethnic democracy.
Condoleezza Rice
We are globalising and liberalizing. In the last decade the share of trade has doubled from 17 to 32 per cent and
India has become a natural hub of globalisation.
Rahul Bajaj
India is now being seen as a country that can both benefit and help because of its growing relations with the Southeast Asian neighbours and partners.
Sunil Kant Munjal
PERSONALITY QUOTES
October 20, 2006
A business has to be involving,it has to be fun, and it has to exercise creative instincts.
………..Richard Branson
Twenty years and $40 million.They seem like round numbers.
…………Michael Dell
My success ,part of it certaintly ,is that I have focused in on a few things.
………….Bill Gates
Our business is all about technology ,yes.But it’s also about customer relationships.
…….Micheal Dell
Little Workers of the World
While it may be an offence to hire a child under 14 ,there is no law,to the best of my understanding ,that a boy under 14 caanot earn a livelihood .Let us discourage the spirit of enterprise.
……. H.Y.Sharada Prasad
We have Put
Pakistan on notice
The India Pakistan ani-terrorism institutional mechanism will be a test of Pakistani intentions and capabilities to implement the assurances they have given us since January 2004.
……Dr.Manmohan Singh
Will
Israel Bomb
Iran
At this potentially cataclysmic moment in global politics it is good to see that one of the worlds leading broadcasters ,the BBC decided this week that it should air a documentary with the above title.But it addressed none of the important issues raised by Isreal’s increasingly belligerent posture towards
Tehran.
………Johnathan Cook
educaton is the foundation of success .Just as scholastic skills are vitally important ,so are financial skills and communication skills.
……..Robert Kiyoski
PERSONALITY QUOTES (Sept 29 -Oct 6)
October 6, 2006
“Why can’t we make software more robust, more predictable…ummm….like a machine part ..I mean look at an ipod….or …a car- a
Toyota car. it works every time you buy it and it runs.”
Mr.Ramadurai (TCS, CEO) On TCS being the Company of the year
(Economic Times, October-6, 2006)“
Bangalore is the largest market form of IT and well diversified in terms of the capability. There is a lot of depth coming in the hardware and chip design areas also.”
Mr. Mohandas Pai (HR Director, INFOSYS)
, On Bangalore still being a destination for IT companies”
(Economic Times, October-6, 2006)
“The proposed unit will allow local value addition, close to a growing market for Ashok Leyland, Customers stand to benefit through better finish and timely delivery as we can avoid shipping of finished products. As a strategic window to GCC and other countries, we plan to scale up operations of the unit in phases and envisage its development into a full-fledged assembly unit for complete trucks and buses”
Mr. Seshasayee (MD Ashok Leyland)
,On Ashok Leyland’s bus assembly unit in U.A.E
(Economic Times, October-6, 2006)
“Airbus has communicated that they are delaying the deliveries of the aircraft and the first aircraft will now only be delivered only by 2011”
Mr. Vijay Mallya (Chairman, Kingfisher)
On Airbus paying Rs 100 cr to Kingfisher for delivery delay
(Economic Times, October-6, 2006)
