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

I know film industry is not a very healthy place to be in.

Alternatives to oil are coming up. In the long run, it is not going to be as bleak as people are predicting but surely consumption of fuel by automobile sector is going to go down.

I do not do any trading internationally.

I have far less than what people think, but far more than I need.

I’m not a clone of anybody. I’m Rakesh Jhunjhunwala.

Ultimately savings have to go somewhere and I think they will find their home in financial markets and within financial markets, a large part in equity.

I reflected a lot, I thought a lot on my 50th birthday. It has been one of the most important birthdays in my life, not in terms of celebration but in terms of retrospect.

I am buying the most unpopular, most battered stocks, but then who knows?

There can be no greater well wisher for me in life than my mother.

In commodities, when prices go up, demand goes down. In stocks, when prices go up, demand goes up.

Growth comes from chaos, not order.

When there’s doom and gloom, don’t forget there’s darkness before dawn.

I am interested in government spend quality, as it accounts for the biggest chunk of the social spending pie. Hundreds of foundations put together cannot equal what the government can spend.

When people talk to you in such glowing terms, that is the time to be very, very alert because the worst of the mistakes are made in the best of the times.

In India, one has to have faith in equity. What are the alternatives – real estate, debt? If debt can give you 6 percent, equity can give you 15 percent.

Not being dogmatic has helped me become a better stock-picker.

A lot of people don’t want to make their own decisions. They’re too scared. It’s much easier to be told what to do.

I leave before being left. I decide.

No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.

A success is one who decided to succeed and worked. A failure is one who decided to succeed and wished.

You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.

I’m at that point where I was able to make a decision on if it was time to follow my goals that are bigger than music, which is service to the community.

The first rule in decision-making is that one does not make a decision unless there is disagreement.

Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.