"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.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Monday, August 15, 2011
Quotes of The Week - August 8th to August 15th
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.
Monday, August 8, 2011
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)
Monday, August 1, 2011
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.
BLAST FROM THE PAST
“Grass is for cows.”
Tennis player Marat Safin succinctly explains his dislike for the hallowed grass courts at Wimbledon.
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