“There is no business in the world - I don't care what it is, whether i...” — Anand Mahindra Quote

“There is no business in the world - I don't care what it is, whether it's I.T. or manufacturing - that does not have what I may refer to as a blended resource base. You have high-end work. You have engineering work. You have some local knowledge you require. Then, you have some very low-cost work to be done.”

“In a large bureaucracy, you cannot exercise the transformation of any situation without coopting bureaucracy.”

“Being tied down to a pre-med or engineering track would have slotted me into a very narrow group. Being a young filmmaker allowed me to explore many areas of life and many kinds of people.”

“A lot of people who can afford a vehicle are deciding against owning one. They just need access to transport. So, our job is to offer wider choices to consumers with more innovative models.”

“I've been criticised for being an eternal optimist.”

“My own ambitions were eclectic. My father ran a steel plant, and I was expected to study metallurgy and end up at the steel plant when I finished high school at age 15. Despite my proficiency at science, I decided against it and instead went on to study filmmaking.”

“One thing you notice very quickly is how big of a fan base the University of Miami has in all sports but in particular in football. They love their football.”

“I look at what we have - our traditional natural resource base - as helping move us to that cleaner, more diverse energy supply.”

“Tinned food can be cheaper than buying fresh stuff. Things like tinned carrots, tinned potatoes, mushy peas make a good base for a soup.”

“The sediments of the past are many miles in collective thickness: yet the feeble silt of the rivers built them all from base to summit.”

“There are a lot of guidelines and regulations that come with being a military kid and being raised on a military base. It gives you a structure and discipline on what not to do and right and wrong. I've been used to it my whole life.”

“It's extremely important to have a loyal fan base and be receptive to them.”