Quotes of the Quarter!

“I looked up the index of The World is Flat in 2004 and there was no Facebook, twitter was just a sound, 3G was a parking spot, the cloud was in the sky, an application was something you filled to go to college and skype was a typo”

Thomas Friedman comes up with my quote of the year on the book, That used to be Us.

For other notable quotes of the year, check out this post on Freakonomics.

“On the Internet, everyone is at least 14.”

Read it somewhere on the Internet. Where else? If you do you want to find out more, check out this page on Time.

 “Experts are full of shit.”

Vinod Khosla is candid as ever in an interview about failure, starting up and education.Ironically, you’ll see a Goldman Sachs ad in the same page J

“Reliability is a consequence of simplicity.”

This quote is a break from tradition, isn’t it? But I put this in as a reminder if I ever visit this page again and was reason enough for me to continue the blog even though it has only one reader as far as I know(apart from me J ) - Nitin.

AND FINALLY

You can find a fantastic collection of cricket quotes from 2011 on this cricinfo page.

Another season of How I met your mother kicks off and managers of football clubs in Manchester have field days

 “Michael Owen doesn’t get to play enough.”

Alex Ferguson puts on the pundit hat and says the injury prone striker should be picked more often after Owen scored two goals for Manchester United against Leeds in the Carling Cup.

Oops…  He seems to have forgotten who selects the team!

“It was the right decision to choose Toure as captain.”

Manchester City not only closely follow their city rivals on the league table, manager Roberto Mancini enjoys taking a leaf out of Ferguson’s book too.  (See previous quote J )

Kolo Toure was banned for taking a banned substance (Apparently, he took his wife’s slim pills by mistake).

“If you have chemistry you only need one other thing, timing. But timing is a bitch.”

How I met your mother’s Robin Scherbatsky (played by Colbie Smulders)  comes up with possibly her best line on the sitcom yet. I haven’t watched all the episodes though. Do you agree with me?  

This video from the episode is a must-watch. 

You enjoyed it, didn't you?

AND FINALLY,

Click here to unveil the the top 100 movie quotes in American cinema.

Do you give a damn?

Quotes galore as Rahul Dravid plays his last ODI, US Open comes to an end and a former hedge fund analyst changes education

“If you put two processors in a phone, it becomes a dual-korean phone.”

Presenter Suresh Venkat speaks about the increasing market share of Korean phone makers such as

Samsung and LG.

“India have to be a bit careful now and score more boundaries!”

Sourav Ganguly defines his version of prudent batting during the middle overs of the last England vs India ODI at Cardiff.  I guess the effects of opening the batting with Virender Sehwag are rubbing off on Sourav.

“It was very strange to do something with social value!”

Educator Salman Khan states how he started his series of educational videos on this TED talk.

BANNER OF THE WEEK

“Sachin is God, Sourav is God on the off-side, Laxman is God of 4th innings, but when the doors of the temple are closed, even god stands behind the wall. We love you Dravid...!

Spotted during Dravid’s innings in the final match of the England – India ODI series.

(Thanks to Suraj Jain for reading it fast enough when shown on TV)

BLAST FROM THE PAST

“Young footballers seem to think they’ve won something in football  when they buy a house and two mobile phones”

Argentinian striker Carlos Tevez disapproves young players’ lack of ambition.

AND FINALLY,

Click here for all the quips from the recently concluded US Open.

Quotes from the Barclays Premier League, Ongoing Corruption Saga and more!

 “Referee Howard Webb has awarded 5 penalties in the 10 games he has officiated at 
Old Trafford. Out of the 10 penalties awarded in the BPL so far, 7 have been missed!

Combining these two stats, I think a penalty will be awarded today and there is a high likelihood that it would be missed!”

Football pundit PJ Roberts makes a bold prediction before the Manchester United vs Arsenal match.

Guess what, he was right. Hats off to the prognostic PJ.

“I am a wonderful actor, but I have to improve my vocabulary.”

Actor Om Puri is modest as ever after making derogatory remarks against MPs.  

“I was not drunk, but I don’t blame the media for their interpretation of my speech.”

Om Puri also inadvertently brings some comic relief in the fight against corruption.

“If you pay a bureaucrat to get work done, it is called bribery. When you pay it after the work gets done, it is called reward!”

A ‘rewarding‘ citizen puts things in perspective after folks from the telephone exchange restore her internet connection.  

“There must be a Wall Street in Bangalore!”

Commentator Harsha Bhogle exults as ‘The Wall’ scores yet another test century.
The voice of Indian cricket might have been criticized for his commentary recently. But it does not deter him from being a regular on this blog. 

Quotes of the Week - August 16th to August 23rd

"But I do think it's stupid in tennis that I mean, in football if someone throws a helmet on the sideline, it's their helmet. We wonder where we lose our ratings battles to the WWE, Monday Night Raw.”
Andy Roddick justifies his rant during a first round defeat to Philip Kohlschreiber at Cincinatti.

“You can’t be stern with your employees. Just see what happens if you employ that tactic with your teenage kids.”
HCL CEO Vineet Nayar explains how he manages to retains 85000+ employees.

“He is a business Gandhi.”
V G Siddhartha of CafeCoffee Day group pays tribute to Narayana Murthy.


BLAST FROM THE PAST

Journalist: “How come you made your debut for Pakistan at a relatively old age of 26?”
A journalist asks Pakistani cricketer Yasir Hameed about his late arrival on the international scene.

Yasir Hameed: “Because it was my real age.”
The cricketer takes a swipe at his teammates who allegedly make false claims about their ages.

Quotes of The Week - August 8th to August 15th

 “Sreesanth is practising at the non-striker’s end. But I don’t think this is the best time for practice!”

Nasser Hussain can’t resist the sarcasm during the third test match between England and India.

“Yellow is becoming Lee Cattermole’s favorite color!”

Commentator during the Liverpool-Sunderland game as the BlackCats’ captain picks up yet another booking.

“The referee had his back to the incident when it happened. He should have given them both  yellow or red. But why only Gervinho?”

Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger on new striker Gervinho’s sending off against Newcastle after an

altercation with Joey Barton.

Journalist: ”What about the incident when Alex Song stepped on a Newcastle player?”

Wenger : “I don’t look at specific incidents. I try to watch the football instead.”

Wenger clearly sees what he wants to see.

“What is the best way to incentivize class attendance for my students? “

An Arts professor crowdsources opinions to improve his class’s popularity.

“Almost invariably, the best incentive to attendance is a really interesting lecture with a charismatic lecturer. Or a cure girl in the class. “

An idea which got a formidable amount of ‘Likes’.

“We were served food where each of whom was referred to by the name of the item they were serving”

Blogger Ashish Kalsi gives a rib-tickling account of a wedding he attended.

BLAST FROM THE PAST

“I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been”

Ice hockey legend Wayne Gretsky explains an attribute that made him a great player.

Steve Jobs later quotes Gretsky in a joint interview with Bill Gates.

Quotes of The Week - August 1st to August 7th

“Thinking out of the box was simple for us – we just went out of the box (cubicle) and started thinking!”

The founders of the startup, aksharit.com engage in some lateral thinking to design Hindi crosswords for students.

“A lot can happen over a coffee... especially if it takes 30 min just to take an order @CafeCoffeeDay”

A customer tweets as he waits for his Cappuccinno.

Isn’t it too much time considering Café Coffee Day’s outlets hardly seem to have any customers most of the time?

“We are very different from Twitter and have many additional features.  For example, you can

add a comment to a retweet on weibo.com.”

Sina Corporation’s Charles Chao explains how China’s mash up of Facebook and Twitter isn’t just a

replication of successful US social networking websites. But even he can’t resist using the term ‘retweet’.

“To be successful, you need to do something different or do something differently.”

A TiE representative describes his success mantra on the ET Now show, Starting Up.

“We saw the joker. Where is batman?”

A tennis commentator makes a batman reference after Novak Djokovic wins his first Wimbledon.

The Serbian tennis star is noted for his mimicry of fellow tennis stars.

(Courtesy Bharath S Rao)

Quotes of The Week - July 25th to July 31st

“You are sharp and thoughtful.”

The authors of Economics for Dummies make an assumption about the average reader.

Is the book really for dummies? I will have to read and find out.

“I think Andrew Strauss is about to shake hands with Praveen Kumar.”

Commentator David Lloyd creatively describes Strauss’ batting position while facing Kumar.

 “I don’t know whose miss is bigger. The honours board’s for missing Sachin’s name or Sachin’s for not making it to the honours board. “

Commentator Harsha Bhogle ponders over Sachin’s terrible luck at Lord’s.

(Thank you Nitin for the amazing quote!)

"I know, but I had a better year than Hoover".

Baseball player Babe Ruth's reply on his $80K salary being more than the President's $75K.

Tweeted by Mitch Kapor. 

BLAST FROM THE PAST

“Grass is for cows.”

Tennis player Marat Safin succinctly explains his dislike for the hallowed grass courts at Wimbledon.

Quotes of The Week - Lords Test Match Special

“Geoffrey’s mum is the best player of all time who could bat on any wicket.”

Commentator Harsha Bhogle pokes fun at Geoffrey Boycott for the latter’s claim that even his mum would love to play Suresh Raina’s gentle off-breaks.

Raina later ended up taking Graeme Swann’s wicket much to Harsha Bhogle’s delight.

“When you field in the Kanga cricket league, you might end up facing the mid-off fielder playing another match!”

Sunil Gavaskar explains how Mumbaikars manage to play simultaneous matches on the same ground.

“I have no idea what you are talking about”

Nasser Hussain clearly hasn’t visited the public cricket grounds in India’s cities.

“If Sachin is Kishore, then Dravid is Rafi. Both are geniuses and we should be proud to have watched them play.”

Rajdeep Sardesai pays tribute to the two great Indian batsmen.

BLAST FROM THE PAST

“How do you explain to your wife that you are going away to play a game and not return

For 5 days.”

Former Liverpool manager, Rafael Benitez knows as much about Test Cricket as Nasser Hussain

does about local Indian cricket.

Quotes of The Week - July 8, 2011 to July 15, 2011

Traveller:  “How long have you been here?”

Travel Guide: “I came here originally for a weekend and ended up staying for 14 years! “

The travel guide is enjoying the perpetual weekend in Goa.

“I want to retire from politics”

Home minister Chidambaram expresses an unprecedented desire in Indian politics.

Mr. Karunanidhi, are you listening?

HEADLINE OF THE WEEK

“Class Dismissed.”

NY Times gives a fitting title and describes the last edition of the Harry Potter saga.

BANNER OF THE WEEK

The prophetic folks at NDTV PROFIT know that something drastic is in store for us on July 23.

I hope they haven’t resorted to phone hacking too.

BLAST FROM THE PAST

“The only decisions I'm making at the moment are whether I have tea, coffee, toast or cornflakes in the morning”

Football manager Sam Allardyce expresses his frustration after getting the sack at Newcastle United in 2008.

Quotes of The Week - July 1st to July 8th

“She has a hawkeye, doesn’t she?”

Commentator Louise Pleming during the first set of the Wimbledon Ladies Singles final

when Sharapova successfully challenged two decisions through Hawkeye.

Commentator’s curse finally caught up with the lanky lass as she wrongly challenged two decisions

early in the second set.

“I was an ATHEIST until I realized that I am GOD !”

Found on the T-Shirt of a college kid in Bangalore waiting for a bus.

“We want to triple our FMCG business excluding cigarettes in the next 5 years to ensure

 A healthy bottom line “

ITC chairman Y.C. Deveshwar manages to use the words ‘cigarettes’ and ‘healthy’ in the same sentence.

BLAST FROM THE PAST

“There are only 10 kinds of people in the world. Those who know binary and those who don’t .”

A techie struts his stuff on the blogosphere. 

 HEADLINE OF THE WEEK

http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_says_sayonara_to_japan_one_last_time-news-2845.php

  Here’s a list of memorable quotes that caught my eye over the last week or so.

What do you reckon? Add your own to the end of the list.    

“I would have liked to have another old bloke around the group with me, yeah. “

Ricky Ponting expresses his disappointment on Simon Katich facing the axe. 

No, he’s not asking Shane Warne to make a comeback. He knows Warney is too busy at the moment bowling a ‘maiden’ over.

“Charlotte Edwards’ math degree would come in handy to calculate the Net Run Rate.”

Commentator on NZ Women vs England Women cricket match thinks a maths degree is required to comprehend cricket’s complex statistics.

BLAST FROM THE PAST

Journalist to Liverpool manager, Kenny Dalglish : “Kenny, can  I have a quick word?”

Dalglish: “ Velocity! “

ON A SERIOUS NOTE

“It takes a whole community to raise a child.”


Anonymous. Check out this link for the origin.

AND FINALLY,

Click here for all the Wimbledon quotes from this year.