Anand Mahindra Quotes
You cannot mean everything to all segments of the markets. You cannot have a brand straddling too many meanings.
Quotes to Explore
-
A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.
-
I have a constitutional weakness in which I am very easily distracted by flashing lights. If there is a TV on in the room, I can't have a conversation with you. I won't eat, I won't sleep, I'll just meld with my couch.
-
Well, I've been in several films including documentaries, but the big blockbuster, I was hired as advisor to the actors, I was trying to make Jesuits out of them.
-
In the West, as well as some other parts of the world, the personal sense of ego tends to predominate, whereas in other areas, there is a more collective sense of ego. This collective ego emphasizes the 'we' rather than the 'I.'
-
I've gotten used to the point where I'm so used to being sweaty! I like to wear less makeup and be tougher!
-
I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot.
-
Funny is a good foil. Humor is illuminating, and it also gives you power.
-
A lot of people forget how important it is to be creative. We get caught up in getting ahead and in day-to-day minutiae. But creativity is a fundamental mode of expression, as is being tenacious and standing by your own convictions and passions, even if it's not the 'popular' choice.
-
The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.
-
Find something that makes you happy and go for it.
-
Kids are starting at such a low base rate in terms of fitness that it's taking them years to catch up to where people like me started from. Every little bit is making it more difficult for kids to succeed on a world stage.
-
I set the bar high because I don't want to do just any other show just to keep working. I want to do something special that means something to people and speaks to them. Those kinds of opportunities don't come along all the time!
-
I know at the beginning of our careers, my wife and I were gut wrenchingly competitive.
-
I never skimp on TV. I watch an embarrassing amount of TV shows. I don't even know how I do it.
-
I think both of my parents are unique in the way they don't live their lives as celebrities. They're both artists, first and foremost. My mom lives a very private life. So does my father. You don't really see them in the tabloids or anything like that. I think that's definitely a decision you can make.
-
Being kind is the most important thing I've ever been taught. That's what my parents always told me - more important than ambition or success is being kind to people. The cornerstone of my life. What I aspire to is to be kind.
-
Democracy cannot survive without the guidance of a creative minority.
-
I went freelance in 1996 and my children are now teenagers and it seemed right.
-
I don't think Beethoven expresses religious truth. He expresses a human truth.
-
People living through armed conflicts need infrastructure and services which will last, and the last thing on their mind is which budget line applies.
-
You wake me up early in the morning to tell me that I'm right? Please wait until I'm wrong.
-
Writing for me is quite a plastic form, a kind of mental sculpture, although that sounds weird. It acquires its character and its depth as it goes along.
-
We all have a lot of people inside us, yet we get to live only one life. Fiction lets us slip into someone else’s skin, so to speak. That’s why we read novels, and also why we write them - to experience more life, through imagination.
-
You cannot mean everything to all segments of the markets. You cannot have a brand straddling too many meanings.
