“I’ve lived the world on my own terms. I do what I enjoy. I enjoy what I do.”

Apart from being motivation for themselves, I think big givers should also talk about their philanthropy so that their work and their success stories prove inspirational enough for many others to follow.

You cannot artificially curb gold imports beyond a point. But I am hopeful it will happen because the rupee depreciation should by itself lead to a large growth in exports and some compression of imports.

You know, a balance-sheet is like a bikini, it shows more but it hides what is vital. I learnt to read a balance sheet and then I got fascinated by stocks.

But I can tell you markets are like women, always commanding, always mysterious, always volatile, always exciting and it is not a joke.

You can never predict how market will react. You can model it. You may try to predict it, but weather and markets and risk, only God knows because only he has seen tomorrow.

If you have a company called x and today you feel the price is very high. Next year it could perform very well but the price may not perform. So in the stock market what happens is buy on the rumor, sell on the news.

What India needs for prosperity is just ease of doing business.

I am very opinionated and sometimes a very irritating character but, I have learnt that the quest to learn is a journey, not a destination.

Markets go up not because there is abundance of buyers, but because there is a lack of sellers.

When you become larger, the methods you use, the information you have, and people who assist you in attaining your goals should change.

My father was always not concerned about the wealth I have, but every year he would ask me, how much have you given in charity? And how much taxes have you paid?

All democratic societies eventually decide what is in favor of them.

Insurance, pension reforms are going to be extremely important for the stock market because the kind of money we’ll get from that is unbelievable.

I am always capital short. If I see the opportunity, I will get the money.

Success should not make you think you are God’s gift to mankind. You should never forget that you are what you are because God chose you to be there.

The world is not going to fall as long as there is confidence in governments and in banking institutions and the financial system.

Most days I don’t care what I wear. You’ll find me in yoga pants, a T-shirt, and sneakers almost every day. My job is to wear something nice when I work, so I enjoy doing it then. But when I don’t have to, I’d rather just wear something comfortable.

I have to enjoy every moment.

I’m definitely someone who enjoys life and wakes up with a ball of energy.

Enjoy every moments in life.

You have to be realistic about where you are in life and enjoy it.

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.

I enjoy playing the audience like a piano.

It seems to me that television is exactly like a gun. Your enjoyment of it is determined by which end of it you’re on.